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 . 欠（钱）；欠（债）；欠（账）
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The company owes money to more than 60 banks. [VERB noun + to]
这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。
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Blake already owed him nearly £50. [VERB noun noun]
布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。
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I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars. [VERB noun]
我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。
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He could take what was owing for the rent. [VERB]
他可以把自己欠的钱抵作对方的租金。
2 VERB [no passive] 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. 应把…归因（于）；应把…归功（于）
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I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger. [VERB noun to noun]
我一直怀疑她仗着自己是罗杰的朋友才得到第一份工作。
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He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer. [VERB noun + to]
他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
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The fruit owes its extraordinary aroma to a mixture of three main chemicals. [VERB noun to noun]
这种水果独特的芳香来自于3种主要化学物质的混合。
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The city essentially owes its fame and beauty to the Moors who transformed it into the Muslim capital of Spain. [VERB noun to noun]
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。
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I owe him my life. [VERB noun noun]
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. 欠（情）；感激
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. 应归因；应归功
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The island's present economy owes a good deal to whisky distilling. [V n to]
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。
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Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law. [V amount to n]
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. 应该给予（某人感激、尊重、忠诚等） [formal]
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Perhaps we owe these people more respect. [VERB noun noun]
也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。
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I owe you an apology. You must have found my attitude very annoying. [VERB noun noun]
我应该向你道歉。你一定觉得我的态度很恶劣吧。
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I owe a big debt of gratitude to her. [VERB noun + to]
我对她万分感激。
6 VERB [no passive] 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. 应该为（某人做）；有必要为（某人做）
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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。
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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。
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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. 由于；因为
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He was out of work owing to a physical injury.
他因为受伤而失业了。
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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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| N. | owe a debt, owe money, owe taxes 1 owe a great deal to someone 3 4 owe someone an apology 5 |
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