born
verb uk/bɔːn/ us/bɔːrn/
be bornA2 出生
to come out of a mother's body, and start to exist
She was born in 1950. 她生于1950年。
We saw a lamb being born. 我们看到小羊羔降生。
Diana was born into an aristocratic family. 黛安娜生于贵族之家。
Ann was born and brought up in Delaware. 安出生于特拉华州并在那儿长大。
We were both born and raised here.
（以某种方式）出生，出世
having started life in a particular way
The toll of babies born with AIDS is rising. 出生即为艾滋病携带者的婴儿在不断增加。
Stevie Wonder was born blind. 史蒂维·旺德先天失明。
C2 formal or literary（想法）产生，形成
If an idea is born, it starts to exist.
born of something formal 来自于…，产生于…
existing as the result of something
With a courage born of necessity, she seized the gun and ran at him. 迫于情势，她平生出一股勇气，拿起枪向他冲去。
With a strength born of desperation, she hauled herself over the wall.
It was, she explained, an act born of frustration and despair.
This is an outlook born of ignorance and fear and the only solution is education.
He had a sort of bravado about him that was born of loneliness and insecurity.
Idioms
born and bredidiom 土生土长的
used to say that someone was born and grew up in a particular place, and has the typical character of someone who lives there
He's a Parisian born and bred. 他是土生土长的巴黎人。
born with a silver spoon in your mouthidiom 生来高贵富有的
to have a high social position and be rich from birth
not be born yesterdayidiom 不傻;不易上当
to not be stupid or easy to deceive
You don't fool me - I wasn't born yesterday. 不要愚弄我——我可不是3岁小孩。
wish you had never been bornidiom 多么希望没有出生（将会极度痛苦）
to be extremely unhappy
When I've finished with you you're going to wish you'd never been born! 等我和你一刀两断了，你会觉得生不如死的！
born
adjective uk/bɔːn/ us/bɔːrn/
天生的;命中注定的
having a natural ability or liking
a born writer/athlete 天生的作家／运动员
[ + to infinitive ] I felt born to take care of animals. 我感到我天生擅长照料动物。