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?"
湯姆問山姆:“你可以借我50元錢嗎?”
lend指“借(出V. borrow指“借(人)”,它們的用法不同, lend 的主語是貸方,如:Tom lent me this book. = Tom lent this book to me.湯姆借這本書給我。而borrow的主語是借方, 如:I borrowed this book from Tom.我向湯姆借這本書。另有 一個用法與borrow相同的詞是loan,它可以當名同及動詞使用,當動詞使用時,用法同borrow。
2. "I only have forty,"Sam replied.
山姆回答說:“我只有40。”
3. Tom said, "Give me the forty and you can owe me ten."
湯姆說:“給我那40元,算你欠我10元。”
句中的 “you owe me ten"也可以寫成 “you owe ten to me",而欠別人哪方面的錢,則可加“for sth”,如:He owed me nine hundred dollars for the sweater.他欠我 900元的毛衣錢。