indebted
/ɪnˈdetɪd/adjective
1- owing money欠款的, 负债的:
heavily indebted countries.
负债累累的国家。
1.1
- owing gratitude for a service or favour受惠的, 蒙恩的; 感激的:
I am indebted to her for her help in indexing my book.
她为我的书做索引, 对此我不胜感激。
派生词
indebtedness
noun词源
Middle English endetted, from Old French endette 'involved in debt', past participle of endetter. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with medieval Latin indebitare (based on Latin debitum 'debt').