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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. 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 . 

  • 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。

2. 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. 

  • 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。

3. 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. 

  • 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。

4. 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. 

  • 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。

5. 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. 

  • 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。

6. 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. 

  • 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。

7. PREP-PHRASE 由于；因为 You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something. 

  • 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。

8.   the world owes someone a living→see: world; 
Adjective

1. owed and payable immediately or on demand;

  • "payment is due"
  • synonym： due

2. owed as a debt;

  • "outstanding bills"
  • "the amount still owed"
  • "undischarged debts"
1. He compounded with his creditors for a remission of what he owed.
他与债权人谈妥免除其债务。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. He gave me a lot of help.I owed much to him.
他给我许多帮助，我非常感激他。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He owed me ￡１００ but could pay only half that amount.
他欠我100英镑，但是只能偿还总数的一半。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He owed three months' back rent.
他欠了三个月的租金。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He paid me the ten dollars he owed me.
他已还了欠我的十美元。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. He posed as a rich man though he owed more than the owned.
虽然他欠的债比他的财产多，但依然装作富翁的样子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. I owed them for milk and potatoes.
我还欠着他们的牛奶费和买土豆的钱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. It took him several years to work off the loan he owed us.
他花了好几年的时间才逐渐还清欠我们的债务。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. She finished by tartly pointing out that he owed her some money.
她最后刻薄地指出他欠她一些钱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. She was quite surprised when she was told that she owed them nearly twenty pounds.
当通知她欠了他们近20英镑时，她感到十分诧异。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. They made him pony up the money he owed.
他们逼他还债。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12. They pitched two members out for failing to pay the money they owed.
他们把两名未交纳所欠款项的会员开除出俱乐部。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. Three members were ejected from the club for failing to pay the money that they owed.
因不能偿还欠款，三名会员被该会开除了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. To this he owed his nickname of "Fatty".
他由此得了一个“大块头”的外号。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. Twenty yuan is owed to him.
欠他20元钱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. Two members were booted out for failing to pay the money they owed.
两名会员由于没付欠款而被开除。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. We had a dispute about how much money he owed me.
我们就他欠我多少钱一事进行了一番争论。

来自《简明英汉词典》