单词 | beholden |
释义 | beholdenWord family adjectivebeholdenbeholdingnounbeholderverbbehold be·hold·en /bɪˈhəʊldn $ -ˈhoʊl-/ adjectiveadj feel/be beholden to somebody MUSTto feel that you have a duty to someone because they have done something for you 觉得对某人有所亏欠/欠某人人情 Examples from the Corpus feel/be beholden to somebody• Ludwig is beholden to the President, who gave him his job.• I don't like to be beholden to anybody, I like to be my own boss.• Yet most judges I know are beholden to Power-by that I mean unalterably pledged to the dominant force of the system.• There was no longer any need for her to be beholden to Fen Marshall. Examples from the Corpus beholden• Consequently, this was the group to whom they felt most beholden.• They are not beholden to the dominant Burton / Brown Democratic machine. (1300-1400) Old past participle of behold |
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