新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

owe

英 [əʊ]

[VERB]

词汇频率：

PHRASE. 习语

owing to
1. 由于
You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
双语例句
例：
Owing to staff shortages, there was no food on the plane.
由于缺少工作人员，飞机上没有食物。

VERB. 动词

owes , owing , owed
1. [T 及物动词] 欠
If you owe money to someone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back.
双语例句
例：
The company owes money to more than 60 banks.
这家公司欠六十多家银行的钱。
例：
Blake already owed him nearly $50.
布莱克已经欠了他近50美元。
2. [T 及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger.
我总是怀疑她是靠和罗杰的朋友关系才得到第一份工作的。
例：
He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer.
他把自己幸免于难归因于自己会游泳。
3. [T 及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
As a musician I owe much to the radio station in my home town.
作为一名音乐家，我非常感激家乡的广播电台。
4. [T 及物动词] 得益于
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.
双语例句
例：
The island's present economy owes a good deal to tourism.
该岛当前的经济状况主要得益于旅游业。
5. [T 及物动词] 应给予
If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you.
双语例句
例：
Perhaps we owe these people more respect.
也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊敬。
例：
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。
6. [T 及物动词] 该为（某人做某事）
If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it.
双语例句
例：
I can't go; I owe it to him to stay.
我不能走，为了他我也该留下来。
例：
You owe it to yourself to get some professional help.
为了自己，你该去寻求一些专业人士的帮助。