借用英语表示为borrow，其英式读音为[ˈbɒrəʊ]，美式读音为[ˈbɔːroʊ]。borrow可作名词和动词两种词性，基本含义除了“借用”之外，还有“引用”、“借贷”、“担保物”、“什一税”等意思。
borrow的基本意思及用法介绍
1、作为动词时，意为借;借用;借入(款项);(向…)借贷;引用，借用(思想、言语等)。
例句：Can I borrow your umbrella?
借你的伞用一下行吗？
I don't like to borrow from friends.
我不喜欢向朋友借钱。
Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
某些音乐术语是从意大利语引入的。
Can I borrow a pen please? ...
我可以借支笔吗？
I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library.
我一本书也买不起，只好从图书馆借。
I borrowed his words for my book's title...
我借用他的话作为我这本书的标题。
The writer has borrowed freely from papers about sediments.
作者引用了有关沉积物论文的材料。
We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
在此经济萧条时期，我们容许增加消费和借贷。
She could not pay back all the money she had borrowed.
她无法还回所有借贷的钱。
2、作为名词时，意为借;担保物;什一税;博罗。
例句：Perhaps that illness, diagnosed as fatal, gave him a sense of living on borrowed time.
也许是那种被诊断为绝症的疾病让他有了时日无多之感。
Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。
