born和borne都是bear的过去分词,注意此时的bear是动词,并且只能当作忍受、负担、分娩或在……方位等含义时才可以,表示“卖空、压低行情价格”时的过去分词依然是beared。bear最正统的过去分词就是borne,而表示分娩时必须用born。
1、The book doesn't say where he was born.
书上没说他是在哪儿出生的。
2、Their marriage went downhill after the first child was born.
自第一个孩子出生后他们的婚姻便开始走下坡路了。
3、You people without kids don't know you're born.
你们没孩子,真是身在福中不知福啊。
1、Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time.
我们得按时完成工作,没有回旋余地。
2、The pain was almost more than he could bear.
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
3、Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels.
她后期的作品比不上她早期的小说。