英语单词的产生是汉英两种语言双向交流的产物，一些带有中国特色的名称和概念进入了英语词汇，同时还有一些英语词汇进入了汉语，在文化环境中衍生出新的含义，形成了英语词汇的。语义文化特征。
1. 首先，看看这个词： borrow, 向他人借东西，一般这样来用： borrow something from somebody:
You may borrow a laptop from your roommate.
你可以借用一下你同室的手提电脑。
They borrow a big sum of money from a bank.
他们向银行贷了一大笔款。
Remember this policy: return everything you borrow.
记住这个原则：借东西要还。
She borrowed this theory from one article.
她是从一篇文章里采纳了这种理论。
May I borrow your magazine for a while?
我能借你的'杂志一会儿吗？
2. lend: vt. & vi.把…借给(借出去)
He neither lends nor borrows.
他既不借给人也不向人借。
Can you lend me 10 dollars?
能借给我10块钱吗？
I have a policy that I never lend money.
我有个原则：我从不借钱给别人。
Don't lend yourself to such dishonest schemes.
别参与这种欺诈的勾当。
Lend: vt.增加， 增添
This poem lends itself to our program very well.
这首诗非常适合我们的节目。
I beg your pardon; you would like to borrow 2 dollars from me? Are you Kidding，a poor woman like me, I’m not able to lend you even one penny. (请再说一遍，你想从我这儿借2块钱？开玩笑吧，像我这样的穷女人，我连1分钱都没能力借给你啊)。
语法点小扩展
1. borrow和lend在过去完成时(have done)不能加上时间段，比如这样：
× I’ve borrowed a book from him since last week
√ I’ve borrowed a book from him / I borrowed a book from him last week
× I’ve lent Jack my phone since yesterday
√ I’ve lent Jack my phone / I lent Jack my phone yesterday
2. 表示借东西的期限时，可以加上介词“for”和时间，表示借入/借出东西之后预计多久还。
例：
I can lend you ten thousand dollars for 3 weeks.
I’ve borrowed a car from John for one month.
Could you lend me a pen for a while?
例题解析
lend就是表达“借给，借出”意思的单词。
As we know, some people are good at ________, but bad at giving back.
A.lending B.keeping
C.borrowing D.using
解析：borrow是借进来，对象是自己；lend是借出去，对象是别人，根据题意，人们擅长借东西，但是不擅长还。这里借表示借给自己，不是借出去，所以此题应选C。