plural debts
plural debts
Learner's definition of DEBT
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[count] : an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc.欠款；债务 -
He is trying to pay off gambling debts.他正在努力还清赌债。
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The company has run up huge debts.这家公司已经债台高筑。
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Their debts are piling up.他们的债务越欠越多。
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She's finally paid off her mortgage debt. [=the money that she owed the bank to pay for her house]她终于还清了住房按揭贷款。
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the nation's growing foreign debt [=the amount of money that a country owes other countries]国家日益增加的外债
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Most of his debts are consumer debts. [=most of his debts are from buying things at stores]他的负债大多是消费欠款。
— see also national debt 2
[noncount] : the state of owing money to someone or something负债 -
He is drowning in a sea of debt. [=he owes a very large amount of money]他负债累累。
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a mountain of debt巨额债务
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He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt.他一直打三份工，试图摆脱债务。
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The company was in debt but is now turning a profit.这家公司曾经负债，但现在赢利了。
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I am deep/heavily in debt.我负债累累。
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I'm thousands of dollars in debt.我欠债数千美元。
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She went into debt to pay for college.为了支付大学学费，她欠了债。
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I'm worried that we will fall into debt.我担心我们会背上债务。
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banks with millions of dollars of bad debt [=banks that have loaned millions of dollars that will not be repaid]有数百万美元坏账的银行
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a debt-ridden country [=a country with more debt than it can pay]债台高筑的国家
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[count] : the fact that you have been influenced or helped by someone or something人情债；恩情；情义—
usually singular通常用单数
debt to society
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used in phrases like pay your debt to society to refer to being punished for committing a crime（因犯罪）受到惩罚
in someone's debt
◊ If you are in someone's debt, you are very thankful for something that someone has done for you.感激某人
owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to
: to have a good reason to be very grateful to (someone)万分感激（某人）；欠（某人）恩情