owed
v. 感激( owe的過去式和過去分詞 ); 應把…歸功於; 欠…債; (對位高權重者)忠誠
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 .
The company owes money to more than 60 banks...
這家公司欠下60多家銀行的債。
Blake already owed him nearly £50...
布萊克已經欠他將近50英鎊了。
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.
I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger...
我一直懷疑她仗著自己是羅傑的朋友才得到第一份工作。
He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer...
他是因為水性好才倖免於難的。
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.
As a professional composer I owe much to Radio 3...
作為一名職業作曲家,我十分感激第三電臺。
He's been fantastic. I owe him a lot.
他真是個大好人,我欠他太多了。
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.
The island's present economy owes a good deal to whisky distilling...
該島當前的經濟發展主要歸功於蒸餾法釀造威士忌酒行業。
Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.
艾倫太太的烹飪風格很大程度上承傳於她的婆婆。
If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you.
Perhaps we owe these people more respect...
也許我們應該給予這些人更多的尊重。
I owe you an apology. You must have found my attitude very annoying...
我應該向你道歉。你一定覺得我的態度很惡劣吧。
If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it.
I can't go. I owe it to him to stay...
我不能走。看在他的分上我也該留下來。
You owe it to yourself to get some professional help...
你應該為了自己尋求專業人士的幫助。
You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
He was out of work owing to a physical injury...
他因為受傷而失業了。
Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
由於缺人手,這趟火車上沒有餐車。
1. owed and payable immediately or on demand;
2. owed as a debt;
He owed Vince money for drugs, so he scarpered.
他欠文斯買毒品的錢,所以溜走了。
The firm was owed around £300,000 by late payers.
該事務所被拖欠了約30萬英鎊。
I owed £5,000 — part of this was accrued interest.
我欠款5,000英鎊,其中一部分是累計的利息。
The other side denied that any money was owed to me.
另一方否認欠我任何錢。
Blake already owed him nearly £50.
布萊克已經欠他將近50英鎊了。