[mass noun]the action of borrowing something 借,借入 the borrowing of clothes. 借衣服。 ■the action of taking and using money from bank under an agreement to pay it back later 借(钱) a curb on government borrowing. 控制政府借债。 [count noun]the group had total borrowings of $570 million. 集团共举债5.7亿美元。 ■[count noun]a word, idea, or method taken from another language, person, or source and used in one's own language or work (词语,意见,方法的)借用,采用 the majority of designs were borrowings from the continent. 大部分都是借用欧洲大陆的设计。