| 单词 | to be born |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be born Since at least the second half of the 18th cent. born has not been treated as part of bear v.1 In predicative use, born occurs chiefly in to be born, used as virtually an intransitive verb (e.g. It is as natural to die, as to be born; she had been born to an upper-class family); also frequently in non-finite postmodifying clauses (e.g. children born to women in this age-group). Born also occurs after to be and other copular verbs sometimes in a more adjectival capacity, e.g. teenagers are born to experiment; he seems born for the role he has been playing.extracted from bornadj.< as lemmas |
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