owed

英 [əʊd]

美 [oʊd]

v.  欠(债); 欠(账); 欠(情); 归因于; 归功于; 起源于
owe的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 欠（钱）；欠（债）；欠（账）
  If youowemoneytosomeone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back. You can also say that the moneyis owing.
  1. The company owes money to more than 60 banks...
     这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。
  2. Blake already owed him nearly £50...
     布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。
  3. 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。
  4. He could take what was owing for the rent.
     他可以把自己欠的钱抵作对方的租金。
• VERB 应把…归因（于）；应把…归功（于）
  If someone or somethingowesa particular quality or their successtoa person or thing, they only have it because of that person or thing.
  1. 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。
  2. He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer...
     他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
  3. 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。
  4. The city essentially owes its fame and beauty to the Moors who transformed it into the Muslim capital of Spain...
     该城的声名与美丽基本上要归功于将它变成西班牙穆斯林之都的摩尔人。
  5. I owe him my life.
     我能活下来全亏了他。
• VERB 欠（情）；感激
  If you say that youowea great dealtosomeone or something, you mean that they have helped you or influenced you a lot, and you feel very grateful to them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 somethingowesa great deal to a person or thing, you mean that it exists, is successful, or has its particular form mainly because of them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 youowesomeone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you.
  1. Perhaps we owe these people more respect...
     也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。
  2. 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。
  3. I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.
     我对她万分感激。
• VERB 应该为（某人做）；有必要为（某人做）
  If you say that youowe it tosomeone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• PREP-PHRASE 由于；因为
  You useowing towhen you are introducing the reason for something.
  1. He was out of work owing to a physical injury...
     他因为受伤而失业了。
  2. 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。
• the world owessomeonea living→ see:world

双语例句

• I smiled. "We owed you a favor," I said.
  我笑了，“我们本来就欠你个人情。”我说。
• Count the kisses I have owed you?
  我欠你多少香吻了？
• He could not pay the full amount he owed.
  他偿还不起他所欠的全部债款。
• I owed my success to my friends.
  我把我的成功归功于我的朋友。
• The$ 10 I owed her and the$ 10 she owes me cancel out.
  我过去欠她的10元钱和她现在欠我的10元钱互相抵消。
• He owed three months'back rent.
  他欠了3个月的租金。
• I never owe others, and I don't like to be owed.
  我从来不欠别人的，我也不喜欢别人欠我的。
• He had sought to obtain payment of a sum which he had claimed was owed to him.
  他声称别人欠他一笔钱，他在想方设法讨要回来。
• The goal, when it came, owed more to good luck than good planning.
  最后终于进球了，但这更多的是靠侥幸，而不是良好的战术配合。
• 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。