[] the act of taking money from a bank and agreeing to pay it back over a period of time; the amount of money that sb borrows in this way银行借贷◆Small companies often have to rely on bank borrowing.小公司常常不得不依赖向银行借贷。bank borrowings [] the amount of money that is borrowed from banks银行贷款额◆They have sold several stores to try to pay back bank borrowings.他们已经出售几家商店以偿还银行贷款额。