owing

adj.

1. 拖欠；未付；未偿还
   money that is owing has not been paid yet
   1. £100 is still owing on the loan.
      还有100英镑贷款未还。

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

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。
3. Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.
   由于一个排印错误，朗里奇镇的名称Longridge被拼为了Longbridge。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. Owing to the very nature of banking, it cannot be treated in exactly the same way as a manufacturing firm.
    由于银行本身的性质，我们不可能象对待制造商那样以同样的方式对待它。
11. I have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt.
    我很高兴，欠了你那么大恩情。
12. Owing to the war, the rent was on the fall.
    由于战争房租在不断下跌。
13. Owing to lack of work experience, we wasted much time and energy.
    由于缺少经验，我们的工作走了（一段）弯路。
14. But owing to the Beiyang government's historical limitations, its legislative activities had been restricted by the various political force tensions and its historical roles had been reduced.
    但由于北洋政府经济立法的历史局限性，它的经济立法活动受到了各种政治力量的张力制约，从而使其经济立法的历史推动作用大打了折扣。
15. Some works are immature owing to undue haste.
    有些作品不成熟，是因为急于求成。
16. He paid what was owing.
    他付清了所有应付的钱。
17. They have a yellowish color owing to the accumulation of elastin in the media.
    因中膜中含有很多弹性纤维所以呈黄色。
18. The invention of all those machines by which labour is so much facilitated and abridged, seems to have been originally owing to the division of labor.
    简化劳动和节省劳动的那些机械的发明，看来也是起因于分工。
19. Owing to the road construction, the bus will be on diversion this month.
    因为道路施工，这路公共汽车本月将改线行驶。
20. There was still ten dollars owing.
    还欠十美元。
21. 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。
22. Owing to a constant shortage of raw materials, our factory has been running under capacity.
    由于原料缺乏，我们厂长期处于吃不饱状态。
23. Owing to the rain the match was canceled.
    因为下雨，比赛取消了。
24. Owing to his illness, peter couldn't keep up with the rest of the class and get badly behind.
    由于生病，彼得没法跟上班级的其他同学，他落后一大截了。
25. Owing to a heavy fall of rain, all our plans fell through.
    由于下了一场大雨，我们的所有计划都泡汤了。
26. 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。
27. Complementation between viruses may occur, owing to the interaction between their gene products.
    病毒与病毒之间由于它们的基因产物相互作用的结果能发生互补。
28. He paid all that was owing.
    欠的钱他都还了。
29. He is ill owing to excessive work.
    他由于过度工作而病了。