borrow
🇺🇸
/ˈbɔːrəʊ/
🇬🇧
/ˈbɒrəʊ/
to take something from someone with their permission and give it back later
Can I borrow your pen for a moment?
我能借用一下你的笔吗?
to get money from someone or a bank and agree to pay it back later
We need to borrow money to buy a house.
我们需要借钱来买房子。
to use words or ideas from someone else
The writer likes to borrow ideas from old stories.
这位作家喜欢从古老的故事中借鉴想法。