To obtain the use of, with the understating that the article obtained is to be returned. 借;借用。 We borrowed books from the library. 我们从图书馆借书。 To take; copy; adopt. 取;抄袭;采纳。 Many republics borrow their constitutions from France. 许多共和国的宪法,都取自法国。 In arithmetical subtraction, to take a unit from any given denomination in order to add ten to the next lower denomination. 【数】(算术)做减法时向左边一位数;借位。 To obtain something with the intention of returning it. 借用。 I neither borrow nor lend. 我既不借也不贷。 To copy or adopt another's thought or words. 模仿或采纳(他人的思想或言论)。 borrow plumes 借穿衣裳;知识的现买现卖;狐假虎威。 |