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Born V Ed N V Passive 被动动词 Baby Mother Person

英语单词 born
英美音标 英 [bɔːn] 美 [bɔːrn]
中文释义 adj.出生的;与生俱来的
动词bear的过去分词.
英语例句 (1) The youngest is a born rider of the rails.
(2) Meg was born into a large family.
(3) I've never heard such nonsense in all my born days!
中文例句 (1) 小儿子是天生的流浪儿。
(2) 梅格出生在一个大家庭。
(3) 我一生中从未听到过这种胡言乱语。
vocabulary简明 When a baby is born, she comes into the world through birth. If you say, "I was born in July," that's the month in which your mother gave birth to you.
vocabulary扩展 You can talk about a newly born baby or ask your friend what year she was born. Even ideas or organizations can be described this way: "My book group was born in 2005." If you're a really good bowler, you can also say you were born to do it, or that you're a "born bowling champion." The Old English root of born is boren, the past participle of beran, "to bring, bear, or produce."
柯林斯解释
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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]出生;诞生;为…所生 When a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent.
  [be V-ed]
  [be V-ed of/to n]
  [V-ed of/to n]
  • My mother was 40 when I was born...

    母亲生我时40岁。

  • She was born in London on April 29, 1923...

    她1923年4月29日在伦敦出生。

  • He was born of German parents and lived most of his life abroad...

    他的父母都是德国人,但他一生中大部分时间在国外度过。

  • Willie Smith was the second son born to Jean and Stephen.

    威利·史密斯是琼和斯蒂芬生的第二个儿子。

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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]生下来(有某种疾病或问题);天生(具有某种性格) If someone is born with a particular disease, problem, or characteristic, they have it from the time they are born.
  [be V-ed with n]
  [be V-ed adj]
  [be V-ed to-inf]
  [be V-ed n]
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  • He was born with only one lung.

    他生下来就只有一叶肺。

  • Some people are born brainy...

    有些人天生聪明。

  • I think he was born to be editor of a tabloid newspaper...

    我觉得他天生就是当小报编辑的料。

  • We are all born leaders; we just need the right circumstances in which to flourish.

    我们每个人天生都具备领导者的素质;我们只是需要适当的环境来培养这种素质。

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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词](用于姓名前)出生(取名…的) You can use be born in front of a particular name to show that a person was given this name at birth, although they may be better known by another name.
  [be V-ed n]
  [no cont]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946.

    她在1946年6月11号出生,取名叫珍妮·哈维。

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[ADJ 形容词]天生的 You use born to describe someone who has a natural ability to do a particular activity or job. For example, if you are a born cook, you have a natural ability to cook well.
  [ADJ n]
  • Jack was a born teacher.

    杰克天生是个当老师的料。

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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词](思想、组织等)产生,诞生 When an idea or organization is born, it comes into existence. If something is born of a particular emotion or activity, it exists as a result of that emotion or activity.
  [be V-ed]
  [be V-ed out of/of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The idea for the show was born in his hospital room...

    这个节目的构思是他在医院病房里想出来的。

  • Congress passed the National Security Act, and the CIA was born...

    国会通过了《国家安全法》,中央情报局由此而诞生。

  • Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.

    能源节约的理念产生于1973年的石油危机。

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See also:
-born
first born
newborn
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    to be born and bred→see:
    breed

    to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth→see:
    spoon

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