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VERB
借；借用
If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
例句
Can I borrow a pen please? ...
我可以借支筆嗎？
He wouldn't let me borrow his clothes.
他不愿我借他的衣服。
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VERB
借（錢(qián)）；貸（款）
If you borrow money from someone or from a bank, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at some time in the future.
例句
Morgan borrowed ￡5,000 from his father to form the company 20 years ago...
20年前摩根從他父親那里借了5,000英鎊，成立了這家公司。
It's so expensive to borrow from finance companies...
從信貸公司借錢(qián)利息非常高。
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VERB
借（書(shū)）
If you borrow a book from a library, you take it away for a fixed period of time.
例句
I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library.
我一本書(shū)也買(mǎi)不起，只好從圖書(shū)館借。
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VERB
采用，借用（詞語(yǔ)、想法等）
If you borrow something such as a word or an idea from another language or from another person's work, you use it in your own language or work.
例句
I borrowed his words for my book's title...
我借用他的話作為我這本書(shū)的標(biāo)題。
Their engineers are happier borrowing other people's ideas than developing their own.
他們的工程師更樂(lè)于借用別人的觀點(diǎn)，而不愿自我創(chuàng)新。
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PHRASE
撿回一條命；余下的光陰不多；好景不長(zhǎng)
Someone who is living on borrowed time or who is on borrowed time has continued to live or to do something for longer than was expected, and is likely to die or be stopped from doing it soon.
例句
Perhaps that illness, diagnosed as fatal, gave him a sense of living on borrowed time.
也許是那種被診斷為絕癥的疾病讓他有了時(shí)日無(wú)多之感。