Translations for „borrow“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

I . borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] VB trans

1. borrow:

borrow

借 jiè

2. borrow:

borrow

借用 jièyòng

borrow

采用(词语、观念等) cǎiyòng

II . borrow [ˈbɒrəʊ] VB intr

borrow

借钱 jièqián

borrow

借东西 jiè dōngxi

Usage examples with borrow

You can borrow the book if you want to.

你想借这本书的话，可以借走。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Educated everyday speech in the 1880s simply borrowed such terms from written "katharevousa".

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Membership is free and material is borrowed through the national inter-lending library services or returned by post.

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Once, there was no character for older brother, so an otherwise unrelated character with the right pronunciation was borrowed for that meaning.

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All are borrowed -- with varying degrees of licence -- from either history or mythology.

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This is a rather exceptional case; especially words for higher numbers are often borrowed wholesale.

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A slave girl of his borrowed an ornament from his wife and went with her companions to the pleasure garden.

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Blaming himself for her death, he gives up his career and turns to gambling, eventually borrowing money from a loan shark.

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All materials borrowed from the library can be returned to any branch, regardless of where they were borrowed.

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They also borrowed from, and distinguished republicanism from, the ideas of liberalism that were developing at the same time.

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Additionally, the marked increase of international interest rates raised the debt service, forcing the country to borrow more only to meet interest payments.

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