| 词组 | borrow - lend |
| 释义 | borrow - lend If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it, with or without their permission, intending to return it. Could I borrow your car? I have borrowed my father's wire-cutters from the tool shed. If you lend something you own to someone else, you allow them to have it or use it for a period of time. I often lend her money. One of the grandest paintings in England has been lent to the National Gallery. Note that you do not normally talk about borrowing or lending things that cannot move. You do not say, for example, 'Can I borrow your garage next week?' You say 'Can I use your garage next week?' He wants to use the phone. Similarly, you do not usually say 'He lent me his office'. You say 'He let me use his office'. She brought them thermoses of coffee and let them use her bath. |
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