字里行间的区别lend and borrow can be confusing to many individuals who are trying to learn the English language. The reason behind this is that the meaning of the words is basically the same. They are both verbs and they both indicate an action in which an item is given to another individual for an amount of time with the expectation that it will be returned. The literal definition for lend is to ‘give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back. The literal definition for borrow is to ‘get something from someone, intending to give it back after a short time’.[i]

这意味着它们的主要区别是用来表示不同的方向。因此，借出物应在暂时给予他人时使用，借出物应在取走他人时使用

正确使用借用的示例如下：

Could I borrow your map?

James let Amos borrow his bicycle.

I don’t own an umbrella so I may have to borrow one if it rains.

正确使用lend的示例如下：

I will lend you my car for the day.

I never lend people money.

Eli would be happy to lend you one of his pens.

单词之间的另一个区别是它们的共轭方式。lend的简单过去分词和过去分词是lent（而不是lend）；借的简单过去分词和过去分词是借的，因为它是一个规则动词。

使用借用过去的共轭的例子如下：

I borrowed his map for the journey.

Anna borrowed a computer to write the report.

He borrowed a pair of shoes for the event.

使用lend过去的共轭的例子如下：

John lent me his bicycle.

The bank lent me the money needed to purchase the car.

He lent out his computer so he doesn’t have one right now.

这两个词的现在分词的结构相似。对于借钱者来说，这就是借钱；对于借钱者来说，这就是借钱。

借用现在分词的例子如下：

I am borrowing an umbrella since I do not own one myself.

She is borrowing her mother’s car.

Phil is borrowing the down payment from the bank.

使用现在分词lend的例子如下：

George is lending his neighbor a lawnmower.

Adam is lending his brother some money.

Erica is lending her jacket to a friend.

为了进一步混淆掌握这些词正确用法的能力，它们都有交替的含义，也可以用来表示其他的东西。例如，lend这个词也可能意味着“适合或适用，适合”

以这种身份使用lend的例子包括：

The book was complex and therefore, did not lend itself well to a simple interpretation.

The tool was the wrong size and did not lend itself well for the task at hand.

The passage was very rhythmic and lent itself well to a musical adaptation.

借用这个词的另一个意思可以在数学中找到。在减法中，它的意思是“从每分钟的一个数字中减去（一），然后在下一个数字上加上十，这样从每分钟的十个数字中减去下一个大的数字，就得到了一个正的结果。”

这种用法的一个例子是：

When subtracting 7 from twenty-three, you must use the concept of borrowing since you cannot subtract 7 from 3.

正如你所见，借词和借词之间有许多相似之处。但可以用一个简单的概念来概括。从本质上说，使用借出这个词意味着你放弃了一些东西，使用借出这个词意味着拿走一些东西，尽管这两个词都描述了一种临时的安排。