| 词组 | born, borne |
| 释义 | born, borne When George Farquhar wrote in 1707 But I must tell you, Sir, that this is not to be born — The Beaux Stratagem the conventions of English spelling were not as firmly established as they are today. Today we have a dozen or more handbooks and commentators to tell us that bear has two past participles, born and borne. As a verb born is used only in the passive of the literal or figurative act of birth; it is also used as an adjective: • I was born in his second-floor bedroom —Russell Baker, Growing Up, 1982 • Some are born whole; others must seek this blessed state —Bernard Malamud, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 28 Aug. 1983 • Transplanted Southwesterners, born losers, they live arid lives —Stanley Ellin, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 31 July 1983 The active past participle for giving birth is borne: • ... a younger woman who had borne an illegitimate child —Russell Baker, Growing Up, 1982 Borne is used for all other senses: • Critics ... charge that the Americans were borne to Paris on ideological wings —Walter Goodman, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 17 Apr. 1983 • ... luxury almost too rich to be borne —Russell Baker, Growing Up, 1982 • A modest revelation indeed, and not one fully borne out by the text —Noel Perrin, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 6 Sept. 1981 • The principal problem, and one which should be borne in mind by facility planners —E. M. Har-greaves, Area Development, August 1970 Our collection of errors shows that born is used in place of borne about twice as often as borne for born. The errors are both British and American. |
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