Throughout much of history, the English language has borrowed words from other languages to become the intermixed language that we know today. Yet in recent times it has become more of a lender than a borrower, says Philip Durkin, deputy chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, in an article for the BBC website.
纵览历史，英语借用了很多舶来词，演变成了今天我们所熟悉的“大杂烩”语言。然而，《牛津英语大辞典》副主编菲利普•杜尔金在一篇发表在BBC网站上的文章中表示，近些年来，英语已经由“舶来”转成“输出”。
