born
v. 出生; 天生; 形成,產生(僅用於被動語態)
adj. 天生的
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.
My mother was 40 when I was born...
母親生我時40歲。
She was born in London on April 29, 1923...
她1923年4月29日在倫敦出生。
If someone is born with a particular disease, problem, or characteristic, they have it from the time they are born.
He was born with only one lung.
他生下來就只有一葉肺。
Some people are born brainy...
有些人天生聰明。
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.
She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946.
她在1946年6月11號出生,取名叫珍妮·哈維。
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.
Jack was a born teacher.
傑克天生是個當老師的料。
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.
The idea for the show was born in his hospital room...
這個節目的構思是他在醫院病房裡想出來的。
Congress passed the National Security Act, and the CIA was born...
國會透過了《國家安全法》,中央情報局由此而誕生。
1. brought into existence;
2. being talented through inherited qualities;
born and bred
從出生和教養兩方面
born on the wrong side of the blanket
be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
in all one's born days
有生之日,平生
not know one is born
生在福中不知福
there's one (或 a sucker) born every minute
(非正式)總會有人上當的
I (she , etc.) wasn't born yesterday
我(她,等)並非無知之人
The operation on the new born infant was a failure.
新生兒的手術失敗了.
He was born in squalor next to London's docks.
他出生在倫敦碼頭附近骯髒的地區.
I was not born yesterday.
我又不是昨天才出世的娃娃.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 th, 1809.
1809年2月12日林肯誕生於此地.
The new law is a bit hard on those who were born abroad.
新法令對那些在國外出生的人有點不夠公平.