| 单词 | beholden |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [bi'həuldən] |
| 解释 | adj. 感激某人的；欠人情的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.感激某人的;欠人 情的(obligated; indebted) 【例】 We were much beholden to him for his kindness. |
| 字源 | beholden (adj.) "under obligation," mid-14c., originally past participle of behold (and preserving the original past participle of hold), but a sense directly related to this usage is not recorded among the many and varied meanings attested for behold. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 对...感激的; 欠人情的 = obligated = indebted 【例】I am greatly beholden to you 十分感激. 【记】be表被动, holden是hold的过去分词. 被拿住(把柄). 你就要感激他, 送点儿礼, 否则, 他就说出去了. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】hold 使承担责任, be hold就是欠人责任 |
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