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

  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 .
    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。
  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.
    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。
  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.
    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。
  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.
    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。
  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.
    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。
  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.
    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。
  7. PREP-PHRASE 由于；因为
    You use owing to when 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。
  8. the world owes someone a living → see: world
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双语例句

  1. Under the agreement, Britain will cancel hundreds of millions of pounds in debts owed to it by some of world's poorest countries.
    根据该协议，英国将免除世界上一些最不发达国家欠下的数亿英镑的债务。
  2. 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。
  3. We drew up a schedule of payments for the rest of the monies owed.
    我们起草了一份剩余欠款的还款计划。
  4. 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。
  5. He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer
    他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
  6. 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. The firm was owed around £ 300,000 by late payers.
    该事务所被拖欠了约30万英镑。
  8. 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。
  9. He owed Vince money for drugs, so he scarpered.
    他欠文斯买毒品的钱，所以溜走了。
  10. The other side denied that any money was owed to me.
    另一方否认欠我任何钱。
  11. His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President.
    他之所以被任命为总理，很大程度上是因为总统在阴谋操纵。
  12. To this he owed his nickname of “ Fatty ”.
    他由此得了一个“大块头”的外号。
  13. Two members were flung out of the club for failing to pay the money they owed.
    俱乐部有两个会员由于未能交纳欠款而被开除。
  14. He owed three months'back rent.
    他欠了3个月的租金。
  15. 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。
  16. He could not pay the full amount he owed.
    他偿还不起他所欠的全部债款。
  17. She said to the Chinese doctor that she owed him everything.
    她对中国医生说她非常感谢他。
  18. I owed my success to my friends.
    我把我的成功归功于我的朋友。
  19. 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。
  20. I felt I owed you an apology, also the truth.
    我觉得我应该为你道个歉，还有些事实。
  21. I think we owed him the same.
    我想我们都欠他同样的事。
  22. I owed the Colonel my life.
    我欠上校我的命。
  23. We owed a lot of money.
    我们欠了许多钱。
  24. I smiled. "We owed you a favor," I said.
    我笑了，“我们本来就欠你个人情。”我说。
  25. This should help you get money owed to you if you have had problems getting paid.
    如果你在获取报酬方面发生了问题，这应该能帮助你获得别人欠你的钱。
  26. I have paid her the money I owed her.
    我已把欠他的钱还给她了。
  27. I knew that I owed the surgeon my life.
    我明白外科医生救了我的命。
  28. 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。
  29. Count the kisses I have owed you?
    我欠你多少香吻了？
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