一、根据含义选择过去分词
当bear表示“生育”时，被动语态中必须用born，且通常与介词in/on/into搭配。例如： She was born in 1990. The baby was born on a rainy night.若表示“忍受、承担”等含义，主动语态和被动语态均用borne，且常与介词by连用。例如： He has borne the pain for years. The task was borne by the entire team.
二、根据语态和句法功能
born仅用于被动结构，不能作定语或表语以外的成分。例如： 正确：She is a born leader.born作定语 错误：She has born three children. borne可用于主动语态成时，也可作后置定语。例如： The tree has borne fruit this year. The disease is borne by mosquitoes.需要特别意固定搭配：“borne in mind”表示“被牢记”，“borne out”表示“被证实”。例如： His words should be borne in mind. The data bore out his theory.
通过含义与语态的双重判断，即可准确区分born和borne的用法。记住：生育用born，承受用borne；被动用born，主动成用borne。