owes

英 [əʊz] 美 [oʊz]

v.  欠(债); 欠(账); 欠(情); 归因于; 归功于; 起源于
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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 .
    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. I'm certain David's told you his business troubles. Anyway, it's no secret that he owes money
    我敢肯定戴维已经告诉过你他生意上有麻烦了。反正他欠钱也不是什么秘密了。
  2. 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. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. My research owes nothing to anybody, least of all to a little runt like you.
    我的研究不归功于任何人，尤其不会归功于像你这样的小矮子。
  7. He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians
    他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。
  8. All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.
    所有的年轻人都必须接受现实，不要自欺欺人，觉得生来就该享清福。
  9. He still owes nearly a hundred pounds on that car.
    他买那辆车还欠着近一百英镑的债。
  10. He still owes me half year's rent.
    他还少我半年的房租。
  11. He owes us money, but he won't cough up.
    他欠我们钱，却不愿还账。
  12. He owes it to his doctor's care that he is quite well again.
    他再次痊愈是靠医生的关怀。
  13. He owes his success to a mere accident.
    他的成功出于偶然。
  14. The Department owes a lot to Amanda fox her years of leadership& she's a hard act to follow.
    该部门这些年来取得的成就都归功于阿曼达领导有方&她的能力令人望尘莫及。
  15. Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps.
    在我部队里的每个人都欠我100个纳粹头皮，我要我的头皮。
  16. After all, he owes you one.
    毕竟，这是他欠你的。
  17. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson.
    托马斯·杰斐逊对美国的教育事业做出了巨大贡献。
  18. 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。
  19. And who's this person that owes him?
    那个欠他钱的人是谁？
  20. You could always ask your colleague how he does it; after all, he owes you one.
    你随时都可以问你同事他会怎么做；毕竟，这是他欠你的。
  21. We had a dispute about how much money he owes me.
    我们就他欠我多少钱一事进行了一番争论。
  22. He owes his success to hard work and patience.
    他把他的成就全归功于勤奋和忍耐。
  23. James Bond: This department owes her a debt. She saved my life.
    詹姆斯·邦德：我们欠她人情，她救了我。
  24. Did Mrs Jetson leave any money with you for me? She owes me for two weeks.
    杰特逊太太给你留下欠我的钱了吗？她欠了我两个星期了。
  25. Anyway, it's no secret that he owes a lot of money to the bank.
    不管怎么说，他欠银行很多钱的事已不是什么秘密了。
  26. He owes his achievement to his mother's help.
    他将他的成就归功于他妈妈的帮助。
  27. He owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.
    他把成功和幸福归功于他的妻子和孩子。
  28. He says we owes him taxes.
    他说我们欠了他的税。
  29. He owes his good health and long life to his wife's care.
    他把良好的健康与长寿归功于他夫人的照顾。
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