;债务;欠款 A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
Three years later, he is still paying off his debts...
都3年了,他仍在偿还债务。
Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
经济收缩意味着税收的减少和政府债务的增加。
...reducing the country's $18 billion foreign debt.
削减该国所欠的 180 亿美元外债
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]负债(状态)Debt is the state of owing money.
Stress is a main reason for debt.
重压是负债的一个主要原因。
If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe.负债/不负债;欠债/不欠债
He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses...
他原就已经因为赌博输钱负债累累了。
How can I accumulate enough cash to get out of debt?
我怎么才能攒足钱还清债务呢?
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](表示感激)我欠你个人情/我受你的恩惠 You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you.
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He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him...
他对我太好了,我永远也还不清这份人情。
I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help...
我要衷心地感谢乔伊斯·汤普森先生,他严谨而卓著的研究给予了我极大的帮助。
I know I shall feel for ever in her debt.
我知道我将会永远感激她。
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debt★/det; NAmEdet/noun1★[countable ]a sum of money that sb owes 借款;欠款;债务◆I need to pay offall my debtsbefore I leave the country. 我得在离开该国前偿清所有债务。◆an outstanding debt of £300有待偿还的 300 英镑债务◆He had run upcredit card debtsof thousands of dollars. 他积欠了数千元的信用卡借款。☞collocationsat
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2★[uncountable ]the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay 负债情况◆He died heavily in debt.他死时负债累累。◆The club is £4 million in debt.这家俱乐部负债 400 万英镑。◆We were poor but we never got into debt.我们穷是穷,但从不负债。◆It's hard to stay out of debtwhen you are a student. 当学生很难不负债。◆a country's foreign debt burden国家的外债负担☞see also
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3[countable , usually singular ]the fact that you should feel grateful to sb because they have helped you or been kind to you 人情债;情义;恩情◆to owe a debt of gratitude to sb欠某人的情◆I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers.我想向我的老师表达我的感激之情。IDIOMbe in sb's ˈdebt( formal) to feel grateful to sb for their help, kindness, etc. 欠某人的人情债;受某人的恩惠;感激某人debtdebtsdebt/det; NAmEdet/
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debtdebt /det/ ●●●S3W2 noun
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1[countable] a sum of money that a person or organization owesdebt of She had debts of over £100,000. He had enough money to pay off his outstanding debts. students who run up huge debts2[uncountable] when you owe money to someoneOPP creditin debt (to somebody) Nearly half the students said they were in debt. The band will be in debt to the record company for years.£200/$1,000 etc in debt A rash business decision left him $600 in debt.get/run/fall etc into debt The club sank deeper into debt.be heavily/deeply in debt (=owe a lot of money)3[countable usually singular] the degree to which you have learned from or been influenced by someone or something elsedebt to Braque acknowledged his debt to Impressionist painting.4debt of gratitude/thanks the fact of being grateful to someone who has helped you: I owe a debt of gratitude to my tutors.COLLOCATIONSverbshave debts· Fortunately, I have no debts.run up debts (also amass debts formal) (=borrow more and more money)· At that time he was drinking a lot and running up debts.pay off a debt (=pay the money back)· The first thing I'm going to do is pay off my debts.repay/settle a debt formal (=pay the money back)· He was hoping he would soon have enough money to settle his debts.clear your debts (=repay all of them)· It took him three years to clear his bank debts.service a debt (=pay the interest on a debt, but not pay it back)· By then, she was borrowing more money just to service her debts.write off/cancel a debt (=say officially that it does not have to be paid)· The bank finally agreed to write off the debt.be burdened with/saddled with debts (=have big debts)· Many poor countries are saddled with huge debts.reduce a debt· The programme aims to reduce the debt of the world's poorest countries.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + debtbig/large· The debts got bigger and bigger.huge (=very big)· Young people often leave university with huge debts.unpaid/outstanding (=not yet paid)· The average outstanding debt on credit cards in Britain is now over £3,000.heavy debts (=big debts)· The company wanted to reduce its heavy debts.a bad debt (=one that is unlikely to be paid back)· Companies lose millions of pounds each year from having to write off bad debts.a bank debt (=one that you owe to a bank)· The company closed with bank debts of about £350 million.the national debt (=the total amount that is owed by the government of a country)· Their national debt is the third largest in the world.
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