中英互译
owe
英 /əʊ/美 /oʊ/
基本释义
- v.欠(钱),负账;应该做,应给予;欠(人情),应该感激;归因于,归功于
- 人名 (Owe)(瑞典、挪)奥弗(人名)
第三人称单数owes
现在分词owing
过去式owed
过去分词owed
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词语例句
欠(钱),负账vi.&vt.
The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors.
这个国家欠外国债权人数十亿元。
I'll have to settle up what I owe for the phone.
我得付清所欠的电话费。
Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and, of course, coming under the influence of hardened criminals.
为什么不制定一些制度让他们偿还欠社会的债务,而是送他们去坐牢,由此产生另外的债务,并受到惯犯的影响。
应该做,应给予vt.
Perhaps we owe these people more respect.
也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊敬。
欠(人情),应该感激vt.
You owe me a favour!
你还欠我个人情哪!
归因于,归功于vt.
I owe the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique.
我把我听力的复原归功于这项非凡的新技术。
Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page, but also to a series of fortunate events.
谷歌的成功在很大程度上归功于 S. Brin 和 L. Page 的才华,但同时也是一连串幸运事件的结果。
- Add up all the money I owe you.把我欠你的钱全部加起来。来自《牛津词典》
- I owe everything to him.我的一切都归功于他。来自《牛津词典》
- I owe him everything.我的一切都归功于他。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- owe a debt欠债
- owe sb. an apology欠某人个道歉
- owe sth. to sb./sth.归因于……;归功于……; 欠债;欠情
- owe to归因于;应把;应该把…归功于
- IOUI owe you借据
- I owe you我欠你;借据;欠条;欠单
- owe vt感激;欠;把……归功于;感谢
- IOU I owe you欠条
词语扩展
vt.
欠;感激;应给予;应该把……归功于
词义分布
欠
93.4%
感激
3.4%
欠着
1.5%
感恩
0.7%
怀有
0.5%
欠钱
0.5%
英英释义
- v.be obliged to pay or repay
- v.be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
- v.be in debt
- v.to have to pay money to someone
负债;欠钱- The company owes money to more than 60 banks.这家公司欠60多家银行的债。
- Blake owed him £50.布莱克欠他50英镑。
- v.to want to do something for someone because you are grateful to them
欠…情;感激…- She thought Will owed her a favour.她觉得威尔欠她一个人情。
词源
- owe欠债,欠账,归因于来自古英语agan,拥有,所有,来自Proto-Germanic*aigan,占有,来自PIE*aik,掌握,掌管,词源同ought,own.其现义来自古英语习语agan to geldanne,用拥有的去支付或偿还,即own to yield.从而与own产生词义上的差别。