Born + 谓语动词（人名作主语）
人名单独作主语时，前面不加冠词或限定词。
Born was a British nuclear physicist.
玻恩是英国核物理学家。
玻恩（英国核物理学家）
英国核物理学家(生于德国),因对量子力学的贡献而受到表彰(1882-1970)
此处是人名，英语中首字母大写；与表示“出生”的 born 无关。
英国核物理学家(生于德国),因对量子力学的贡献而受到表彰(1882-1970)
British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
Max Born is remembered today for his contributions to quantum mechanics.
如今，马克斯·玻恩因对量子力学的贡献而被人们铭记。
用法提示：Born 在这里是名词，指物理学家玻恩，与 Max 一起作句子主语，说明他因何而闻名。
The physicist Born won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954.
物理学家玻恩于1954年获得了诺贝尔物理学奖。
用法提示：Born 是名词，指物理学家玻恩，此处作主语，与 won 搭配说明他获奖的经历。
Born taught at the University of Göttingen before he moved to Britain.
玻恩在移居英国之前曾在哥廷根大学任教。
用法提示：Born 作名词，指物理学家玻恩，是主句的主语，与 taught 搭配说明他的任教经历。
人名单独作主语时，前面不加冠词或限定词。
Born was a British nuclear physicist.
玻恩是英国核物理学家。
表示所属或关联时，直接在 Born 后加 's。
Born's contributions to quantum mechanics were honored.
玻恩对量子力学的贡献受到表彰。
同位语结构：身份名词在前，人名在后，人名前不加逗号。
The physicist Born was honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics.
物理学家玻恩因对量子力学的贡献而受到表彰。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am reading a book about max born.
正确表达I am reading a book about Max Born.
英语中人名属于专有名词，名和姓的首字母都要大写；汉语没有大小写之分，所以中国学习者常把人名全部写成小写。改为 Max Born 后两个词都大写，才符合英语专有名词的书写规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子Max Born was nuclear physicist.
正确表达Max Born was a nuclear physicist.
英语中单数可数名词作表语时前面必须加不定冠词 a/an，而汉语名词前不用冠词，学习者受母语影响容易漏掉。physicist 是可数名词单数，所以要说 a nuclear physicist。
马克斯·玻恩（英国核物理学家）
Max Born received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954.
马克斯·玻恩于1954年获得诺贝尔物理学奖。
玻恩定则（用波函数振幅的平方求概率的量子力学规则）
The Born rule gives the probability of finding a particle at a particular point.
玻恩定则给出在某一点找到粒子的概率。
玻恩近似（散射计算中常用的一种近似方法）
Physicists often use the Born approximation to simplify scattering problems.
物理学家常用玻恩近似来简化散射问题。
玻恩-奥本海默近似（把原子核视为固定的近似）
The Born–Oppenheimer approximation treats the atomic nuclei as fixed in place.
玻恩-奥本海默近似把原子核视为固定不动。
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