Borrow
['bɒrəʊ] or ['bɑro]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
(v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
(v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
(v. t.) To feign or counterfeit.
(v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.
(n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
(n.) The act of borrowing.
霍奇編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan.[2]. Take, appropriate, adopt, make use of.
鲍里斯校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to obtain on loan or trust: to adopt from a foreign source: to derive one's authority from another (with from of).—p.adj. Borr′owed taken on loan counterfeit assumed.—n. Borr′ower.—Borrowing days the last three days of March (O.S.) supposed in Scotch folklore to have been borrowed by March from April and to be especially stormy.
錄入:泰茜
娱乐性解釋/意思:
v. t., to swap hot air for cold coin.
哈洛錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I didn't beg, borrow, or steal it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Well, but--look here: you could BORROW on it any time you wanted. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Once in Maysville I could borrow a horse from an uncle who lived there; but I was more than a day's travel from that point. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was the duty of the banks, they seemed to think, to lend for as long a time, and to as great an extent, as they might wish to borrow. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Better to borrow, better to beg, better to die! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- No, you shall not go there to borrow an umbrella, or find out where he is, from his friends. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Traders and other undertakers may, no doubt with great propriety, carry on a very considerable part of their projects with borrowed money. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Here I borrowed a horse from my uncle, and the following day we proceeded on our journey. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I had fifteen pistoles; so he borrowed occasionally of me to subsist, while he was looking out for business. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It had to go to school to Greco-Roman civilization; it also borrowed rather than evolved its culture. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- For this express reason, I had borrowed the half-guinea, that I might not be without a fund for my travelling-expenses. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Everywhere governments had been borrowing and issuing paper promises to pay interest, more interest than they could conveniently raise. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It foresees the facility of borrowing, and therefore dispenses itself from the duty of saving. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In this exigency, government can have no other resource but in borrowing. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He devised a pegging machine, and out of his scanty earnings and at odd hours, with much pain and labour, and by borrowing money, he finally completed it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I've come a-borrowing, Mrs. Yeobright. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The facility of borrowing delivers them from the embarrassment which this fear and inability would otherwise occasion. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Rachael made the tea (so large a party necessitated the borrowing of a cup), and the visitor enjoyed it mightily. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- She finds compensations, no doubt--I know she borrows money of Gus--but then I'd PAY her to keep him in a good humour, so I can't complain, after all. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The man who borrows in order to spend will soon be ruined, and he who lends to him will generally have occasion to repent of his folly. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He introduces Rick, and then he is good friends with Mr. Vholes and borrows five pounds of him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
錄入:玛莎