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Owe Verb Money Owing Owed Person 例:I Deal

单词 owe
音标
英[əʊ] 美[oʊ]
解释
vt.欠…债;感激;应归功于;怀有情感;
例句

VERB
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 .
例:The company owes money to more than 60 banks...这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。
例:Blake already owed him nearly £50...布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例:He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer...他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例:He's been fantastic. I owe him a lot.他真是个大好人,我欠他太多了。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例:Perhaps we owe these people more respect...也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

PREP-PHRASE
由于;因为
You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
例:He was out of work owing to a physical injury...他因为受伤而失业了。
例: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。
变形
third:owes~done:owed~ing:owing~past:owed~

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