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owing

owing
[英] [ˈəuiŋ] [美] [ˈoɪŋ] 生词本

adj.

v.

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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 as a debt;

  • "outstanding bills"
  • "the amount still owed"
  • "undischarged debts"

2. owed as a debt;

  • "must pay what is owing"
  • "sleep owing to you because of a long vigil"

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  • 1.应付的
  • 2.未付的
1. He paid what was owing.
他付清了所有应付的钱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He tends to be romantic owing to lack of experience.
由于缺乏经验，他有浪漫主义的倾向。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He was quite above owing his meal to the request of a little girl.
他绝不屑于应一个小姑娘的邀请去吃饭。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life.
在旧社会， 残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战，使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. It was altogether owing it to himself that James won the prize.
詹姆斯获奖完全是靠自己的努力。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Owing to a previous engagement, I shan't be able to come.
因事先另有约会，我无法前来。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7. Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.
由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. Owing to graft, the manager of this company was discharged from his post and prosecuted.
由于贪污，这个公司的经理已被撤职查办。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. Owing to little response,his speech tailed off to a hesitant end.
由于得不到多少反应，他的演说吞吞吐吐地收了场。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. Owing to the bad weather, we didn't go to the park.
由于天气不好，我们没有去公园。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. Owing to the brevity of the speeches, we finished early.
因为演讲简短，我们很早就完事了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. Owing to the help from his comrades, he has made rapid progress.
由于同志们的帮助，他进步很快。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. Owing to the limitation of our knowledge, there must be mistakes and errors in the book.
由于我们水平有限，本书少不了会有缺点和错误。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14. Owing to the rain, the match was canceled.
因为下雨，比赛取消了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. Owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two people were suspended for over twenty years.
由于众所周知的原因，两国人民间的关系中断了20多年。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. Owing to the state of the ground, the match has been put off.
由于场地状况不佳，比赛推迟了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. Owing to various delays en route, we arrived two days behind schedule.
由于路上的种种耽搁，我们比原计划迟到了两天。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.
由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. Some impatience was exhibited owing to the non-arrival of the speaker.
由于讲演人未到，听众显得有些不耐烦。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. The progress of negotiation between the two sides has slowed down owing to their absence.
双方的谈判因为他们的缺席而迟缓下来。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》