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| 1 | if you owe someone money , you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or borrowed money from them . Money that you owe is called a debt 欠（钱）；负（债） |
| Tell me how much I owe, and I’ ll give it to you. 告诉我我欠你多少钱，我这就还你。 |
| owe sb sth Pam still owes me £5. 帕姆仍欠我5英镑。 |
| owe sb sth for sth How much do we owe you for the tickets? 我们欠你多少买票的钱？ |
| owe sth to sb The companies owe as much as £200 billion to foreign lenders. 这些公司欠外国放款者的钱多达2000亿英镑。 |
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| 2 | to think you should treat someone in a particular way 应该做；有必要做 |
| owe sb sth She feels she owes her fans another concert. 她觉得应该为她的歌迷们再开一次演唱会。 |
| After the way she’ s treated him, he doesn’ t owe her anything. 她那样对待他以后，他不欠她任何东西了。 |
| owe it to sb to do sth They owe it to their children to try to save the marriage. 他们应该为了孩子们而挽救婚姻。 |
| owe it to yourself to do sth I think you owe it to yourself to have a day off work. 我觉得你应该给自己放一天假。 |
| | 2a | used about feelings you should have about someone 应怀有（某种感情） | | I think you owe us at least a little respect. 我觉得你对我们至少应该尊重些。 | |
| | 2b | used about things you should say to someone 应该说；有必要说 | | owe sb an apology/explanation Don’ t you think you owe her an apology for the way you’ ve behaved? 难道你不觉得该为你的行为向她道歉吗？ | |
| | 2c | used about things you should give to someone 应给予 | | I think we owe them a letter. 我认为我们应该给他们写封信。 | |
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| 3 | to have something only because someone or something has helped you 应该把…归功（于）；把…归因（于） |
| owe sth to sb/sth The company owes its success to its excellent training programme. 该公司的成功归因于其一流的培训计划。 |
| owe much/a lot/a great deal to sb/sth The cathedral clearly owes a great deal to French design. 大教堂明显在很大程度上是按法国风格设计的。 |
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| 4 | to feel grateful to someone because of the way they have helped you 感激 |
| owe sb sth We really owe you a great deal for all your hard work this year. 对你今年所有的辛勤工作我们非常感激。 |
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| - | I owe you one spoken
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| used for thanking someone for something they have done for you |
| 我非常感激你 |
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| - | owe your allegiance/loyalty/obedience to
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| to have an obligation to be loyal to someone or something , or a duty to obey them |
| 应该对…效忠 |
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| Catholic churches owe their allegiance to the Pope. 天主教会效忠于教皇。 |
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