1. vt. & vi.借，借进　 receive or obtain sth temporarily from sb/sth with the promise or intention of returning it
2. vt. & vi.借鉴，抄袭　 take and use sth as one's own; copy sth
3. vt. & vi.（某语言）借用（另一种语言的词语） (of a language) adopt (a word or phrase) from another language

　～ a bag　借包
　～ a bike　借自行车
　～ a book　借书
　～ a car　借车
　～ a dictionary　借词典
　～ a pen　借钢笔
　～ money　借钱
　～ plumes　假门面，虚面子
　～ trouble　自找麻烦
　～ constantly　常借
　～ heavily　大量借用
　～ shamelessly　无耻地借
　～ from　从…借入
　～ into　借用到
　～ into English from French　从法语借用到英语

　Some people are good at borrowing but bad at giving back.　有些人只晓得借，不晓得还。
　From 9 years old, he was often sent out to borrow.　从9岁起，他就经常被打发去借东西。
　Do you often go to the library to borrow books?　你常到图书馆借书吗?
　May I borrow your bike?　我可以借用你的自行车吗?
　Sam borrowed a car and drove us there.　山姆借了一部车子送我们到那儿。
　He borrowed money on credit.　他靠信用借钱。
　Somebody seems to have borrowed my watch when I wasn't looking.　有人趁我不注意时把我的手表拿走了。
　Can I borrow your pen for a moment?　我可以借你的钢笔用一会儿吗?
　Aren't you borrowing trouble by worrying about what's going to happen in five years' time?　你担心五年以后会发生什么事情，这不是自寻烦恼吗?
　Don't borrow trouble by worrying about next year. It's too far away.　别自找苦恼去担心明年的事。这事还远着呢。
　She's been terminally ill for several months and I'm afraid she's only living on borrowed time.　她连续生病数月，我担心她只能活比预期的时间稍长些。
　He wore his brother's evening dress to the function but looked very uncomfortable in his borrowed plumes instead of his usual jeans and T-shirt.　他穿着他兄弟的晚礼服参加盛大的集会，但是穿着向别人借来装门面的漂亮衣服看上去很不舒服，还不如他平常穿的牛仔裤和T恤衫好。
　I shouldn't mind betting he's going about in borrowed plumes.　我敢断定他是在虚张声势。

 ♣ borrow from〔of〕　(v.+prep.)
　从…借入；借用　get (sth) from (sb) for a certain time, intending to give it back; take and use (sth) as one's own
　It would be embarrassing to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest.　要是我差十法郎，不得不向客人借的话，那就太丢脸了。
　Japanese has borrowed heavily from English.　日语借用了很多英语词汇。
　Japanese culture has borrowed heavily from China.　日本文化借用了中国的许多东西。
　Can I borrow some money from you?　我能向你借点钱吗?
　He borrowed the money from her on his furniture.　他以他的家具作担保找她借钱。
　I borrowed three dollars from him.　我向他借了三美元。
　I borrowed a water bucket from a villager.　我向村里的老乡借了一个水桶。
　He borrowed a book from me.　他从我这儿借了一本书。
　He has borrowed a very interesting book from the school library.　他从学校图书馆借到一本很有趣的书。
　In his writings, he borrowed passages from his elders.　他在作品中成段地剽窃他前辈的成果。
　English has borrowed words from many languages.　英语借用了许多语言的词汇。
　I borrowed some money of him.　我借了他一些钱。
　He borrowed a car from a friend for a few days.　他借朋友的车子用了几天。
　Many words are borrowed into English from French.　许多英文字是由法文借来的。

 ♣ borrow from, borrow of
　一般讲“从…借”“向…借”，用介词from或of均可，用from多些。其细微差别是from强调“出处”，而of强调“所有权”。例如：
　I borrowed a dictionary of our English teacher from Tom yesterday.　昨天我从汤姆那里借了一本我们英语老师的字典。
 ♣ borrow, lend
1. borrow是“借进”，表示“向某人借”，跟from〔of〕连用。lend是“借出”，表示“借给某人”，跟to连用。例如：

2. lend后面可以接双宾语，而 borrow不能。

　我可以借一下电话吗　?
　［误］ May I borrow your telephone?
　［正］ May I use your telephone?
　［析］ 原句的实际含义是原地“借用”，而非“借走”，故不可用borrow.

　［反义词］ contribute, give, lend, present, return
　［词源］　古英语borgian（担保物，抵押品）