borrow

lend, borrow, loan

动词 borrow:

1. get temporarily
2. take up and practice as one's own
   同义词：adopt, take over, take up

1. `Can I borrow your car?' `Surely.'
   ｀我用一下你的汽车可以吗?＇｀当然可以.＇
2. They are poor but proud; they never borrow money or ask for help.
   他们虽穷但很自重，他们从不向人借钱或求助。
3. Jim had ulterior motives in buying me a drink he wants to borrow my van.
   吉姆请我喝酒是另有所图--他想借用我的客货车。
4. He uses his house as security to borrow the money.
   他用房子作借钱的抵押。
5. `May I borrow your pen for a moment?' `Certainly.'
   ｀我可以借用一下你的钢笔吗?＇ ｀当然可以.＇
6. May I borrow your saw?
   我可以借你的锯子吗？
7. `May I borrow your car?' `Yes, with pleasure. '
   ｀我可以借用你的汽车吗?＇｀可以，很愿意借给你.＇
8. May I borrow your pen?
   我可以借用你的钢笔吗？

bor.row

v.（动词）
bor.rowed,bor.row.ing,bor.rows
v.tr.（及物动词）
To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.
借入：在承诺式默认归还本身或其等价物的基础上以借贷方式取得或接受（某物）
To adopt or use as one`s own:
擅自借用：采纳或当作自己的来使用：
例句：
I borrowed your good idea.
我借用了你的想法

In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.
借位：在减法中，从被减数字相邻的一位更大的数字中借用一单位，以便使数字大过减数
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To obtain or receive something.
借得：取得或收到某物
Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another.
【语言学】 借用词汇：从一种语言中采纳词汇用到另一种语言中

<习惯用语>borrow trouble
To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.
自找麻烦：采取一个可能会产生负面效果的不必要的行动
来源：
Middle English borwen
中古英语 borwen
from Old English borgian * see bhergh-
源自 古英语 borgian *参见 bhergh-

【引伸】
bor.rower
n.（名词）