beholden
/bɪˈhəʊldən/adjective
predic.
- owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service感恩的, 感激的, 有义务的:
I don't like to be beholden to anybody.
我不想受惠于任何人。
词源
late Middle English: archaic past participle of BEHOLD, in the otherwise unrecorded sense 'bound'.