born1 ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 be born MBwhen a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother’s body or out of an egg 出生,诞生 Forty lambs were born this spring. 今年春天有40头小羊羔出生。
be born in Swift was born in 1667. 斯威夫特生于1667年。
be born at Then, most babies were born at home. 那个时候,大多数小孩都在家里出生。
be born on I was born on December 15th, 1973. 我生于1973年12月15日。
be born into/to/of something (=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc) 出生于某种境况[家庭等] One third of all children are born into single-parent families. 有三分之一的孩子都生于单亲家庭。
be born with something (=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth) 生来就有某种疾病[性格等] Jenny was born with a small hole in her heart. 珍妮生下来心脏就有个小洞。
I was born and raised (=was born and grew up) in Alabama. 我是土生土长的亚拉巴马人。
be born blind/deaf etc (=be blind, deaf etc when born) 生来便盲/聋等
a newly-born baby 新生儿,初生婴儿
the queen’s firstborn son 女王的长子
be born lucky/unlucky etc (=always be lucky, unlucky etc) 天生幸运/倒霉等
Australian/French etc born (=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc) 澳大利亚/法国等出生的
Don’t say ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, or ‘I am born’. Say
I was born: I was born in Pakistan.不要说 ‘I born’, ‘I have been born’, 或 ‘I am born’. 而要说 I was born: I was born in Pakistan. 我在巴基斯坦出生。
2 start existing 开始存在be born START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCsomething that is born starts to exist 产生,出现,形成 the country where the sport of cricket was born 板球运动起源的国家
be born (out) of (=as a result of a particular situation) 因为…而成立[产生] The alliance was born of necessity in 1941. 1941年,因为时局需要成立了这个联盟。
Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience. 比尔说话尖酸刻薄,那是因为他曾经有过痛苦的遭遇。
3 born and bred SANCOME FROM/ORIGINATEborn and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place 土生土长 I was born and bred in Liverpool. 我是土生土长的利物浦人。
4 be born to do/be something SUITABLEto be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc 天生适合做某事,有成为某类人的天赋 He was born to be a politician. 他天生就是当政治家的材料。
5. I wasn’t born yesterday spokenBELIEVE used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them 我又不是三岁小孩 6. there’s one born every minute spokenSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived 总有那种傻瓜 7. be born under a lucky/unlucky star ROALUCKYto always have good or bad luck in your life 生来就幸运/不幸,天生走运/倒霉