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[VERB 动词]欠(钱);欠(债);欠(账) If you owe money to someone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back. You can also say that the money is owing .
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  • The company owes money to more than 60 banks...

    这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。

  • Blake already owed him nearly £50...

    布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。

  • I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars...

    我破产了,莉薇,而且我欠了几百万美元的债。

  • He could take what was owing for the rent.

    他可以把自己欠的钱抵作对方的租金。

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[VERB 动词]应把…归因(于);应把…归功(于) If someone or something owes a particular quality or their success to a person or thing, they only have it because of that person or thing.
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  [no passive]
  • I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger...

    我一直怀疑她仗着自己是罗杰的朋友才得到第一份工作。

  • He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer...

    他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。

  • The fruit owes its extraordinary aroma to a mixture of three main chemicals...

    这种水果独特的芳香来自于3种主要化学物质的混合。

  • The city essentially owes its fame and beauty to the Moors who transformed it into the Muslim capital of Spain...

    该城的声名与美丽基本上要归功于将它变成西班牙穆斯林之都的摩尔人。

  • I owe him my life.

    我能活下来全亏了他。

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[VERB 动词]欠(情);感激 If you say that you owe a great deal to someone or something, you mean that they have helped you or influenced you a lot, and you feel very grateful to them.
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  • As a professional composer I owe much to Radio 3...

    作为一名职业作曲家,我十分感激第三电台。

  • He's been fantastic. I owe him a lot.

    他真是个大好人,我欠他太多了。

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[VERB 动词]应归因;应归功 If you say that something owes a great deal to a person or thing, you mean that it exists, is successful, or has its particular form mainly because of them.
  [V amount to n]
  • The island's present economy owes a good deal to whisky distilling...

    该岛当前的经济发展主要归功于蒸馏法酿造威士忌酒行业。

  • Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.

    艾伦太太的烹饪风格很大程度上承传于她的婆婆。

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[VERB 动词]应该给予(某人感激、尊重、忠诚等) If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you.
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  • Perhaps we owe these people more respect...

    也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。

  • I owe you an apology. You must have found my attitude very annoying...

    我应该向你道歉。你一定觉得我的态度很恶劣吧。

  • I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.

    我对她万分感激。

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[VERB 动词]应该为(某人做);有必要为(某人做) If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it.
  [V it to n to-inf]
  [V it to pron-refl to-inf]
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  [no passive]
  • I can't go. I owe it to him to stay...

    我不能走。看在他的分上我也该留下来。

  • You owe it to yourself to get some professional help...

    你应该为了自己寻求专业人士的帮助。

  • Of course she would have to send a letter; she owed it to the family.

    她当然必须寄封信回去,跟家里联系是应该的。

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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]由于;因为 You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
  [PREP n]
  • He was out of work owing to a physical injury...

    他因为受伤而失业了。

  • Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.

    由于缺人手,这趟火车上没有餐车。

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the world owes someone a living→see:
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    Oxford owe / əʊ ; NAmE / verb ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) 1 to have to pay sb for sth that you have already received or return money that you have borrowed 欠(债);欠(账) owesb sth She still owes her father £3 000. 她还欠她父亲 3 000 英镑。 ( figurative) I'm still owed three days' leave. 还欠我三天假。 owesb sth for sth How much do I owe you for the groceries? 买这些杂货我得给你多少钱? owesth (to sb) (for sth) She still owes £3 000 to her father. 她还欠她父亲 3 000 英镑。 The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors. 这个国家欠外国债权人数十亿元。 2 to feel that you ought to do sth for sb or give them sth, especially because they have done sth for you 欠(情) owesth to sb I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family. 我很感激我的全家人。 You owe it toyour staff to be honest with them. 与下属坦诚相待,这是你对他们应有的态度。 owesb sth You owe me a favour! 你还欠我个人情哪! Thanks for sticking up for me—I owe you one (= I owe you a favour). 谢谢你支持我,我欠你一个情。 I think you owe us an explanation. 我认为你应当给我们一个解释。 I think we're owed an apology. 我认为得有人向我们道歉。 HELP  The passive is not used in this meaning except with a person as the subject. 除了以人作主语外,这一义项不用被动语态: An apology is owed to us. 3 to exist or be successful because of the help or influence of sb/sth 归因于;归功于;起源于 owesth to sb/sth He owes his success to hard work. 他的成功是靠勤奋工作。 The play owes much to French tragedy. 这部戏颇受法国悲剧的影响。 I owe everything to him. 我的一切都归功于他。 owesb sth I owe him everything. 我的一切都归功于他。 I knew that I owed the surgeon my life. 我明白外科医生救了我的命。 4 ~ allegiance/loyalty/obedience (to sb) ( formal) to have to obey or be loyal to sb who is in a position of authority or power (对位高权重者)忠诚,服从 owe owes owed owing owe / əʊ ; NAmE /
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    oweowe /əʊ $ / ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive]
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    1money to need to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent youborrow, lendowe somebody money/£10 etc I owe my brother $50.owe somebody for something I still owe you for the taxi. How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)?owe something to somebody the money owed to credit card companies2something done/given to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you:  He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.owe somebody a drink/letter etc I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)!owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them) Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me!3owe somebody an explanation/apology to feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry:  You owe him an apology.4help to achieve something a)to have something or achieve something because of what someone else has doneowe something to somebody He probably owes his life to her prompt action. b)to know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving somethingowe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal ‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted. He owes a great deal to his publishers.owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody I owe it all to you.owe somebody a debt (of gratitude) the debt that we owe to our teachers5good effect to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someoneowe to Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.6owe it to somebody to do something to feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support:  You owe it to your supporters not to give up now.7owe it to yourself to do something to feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve:  You owe it to yourself to take some time off.8owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody to have a duty to obey someone:  provinces owing allegiance to the Emperor9think that the world owes you a living to be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapprovalTHESAURUSowe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money: · You owe me $50.· The football club still owes £2.3 million.be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation: · She hates being in debt.· We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in: · He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.· The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank: · When I finished college I had a big overdraft.be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have: · The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
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    owe

    [əʊ]owed, owing, owes

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    owed[6735] owes[7596] owing[1491]
    钱(69%),感激(23%),欠(债(2%),人情等)(2%),应当给予(2%),把...归功于(2%)
    vt.欠;感激;应给予;应该把……归功于
    vi.欠钱
    n.(Owe)人名;(瑞典、挪)奥弗

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