fifty bucks
Tom asked Sam,"Can you lend me fifty bucks?" "I only have forty,"Sam replied. Tom said, "Give me the forty and you can owe me ten."
Notes:
1. Tom asked Sam,"Can you lend me fifty bucks?"
汤姆问山姆:“你可以借我50元钱吗?”
lend指“借(出V. borrow指“借(人)”,它们的用法不同, lend 的主语是贷方,如:Tom lent me this book. = Tom lent this book to me.汤姆借这本书给我。而borrow的主语是借方, 如:I borrowed this book from Tom.我向汤姆借这本书。另有 一个用法与borrow相同的词是loan,它可以当名同及动词使用,当动词使用时,用法同borrow。
2. "I only have forty,"Sam replied.
山姆回答说:“我只有40。”
3. Tom said, "Give me the forty and you can owe me ten."
汤姆说:“给我那40元,算你欠我10元。”
句中的 “you owe me ten"也可以写成 “you owe ten to me",而欠别人哪方面的钱,则可加“for sth”,如:He owed me nine hundred dollars for the sweater.他欠我 900元的毛衣钱。
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