Owe
[əʊ] or [o]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be in debt; 'She owes me $200'; 'I still owe for the car'; 'The thesis owes much to his adviser'.
(verb.) be obliged to pay or repay.
(verb.) be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; 'This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory'.
整理:罗伯塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v.) To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own.
(v.) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants.
(v.) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate.
(v.) To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.
校對:韦恩
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Be indebted to, be bound to pay.[2]. Be obliged to ascribe to, be obliged for, have to attribute to.
編輯:曼纽尔
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Borrow, hypothecate, attribute
ANT:Requite, repay, liquidate, defray
迪克整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to possess or to be the owner of: to have what belongs to another: to be bound to pay: to be obliged for.—v.i. to be in debt.—Be owing to be due or ascribed (to).
沙琳編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness but possession; it meant 'own and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
达斯汀錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- I dare say I owe as much as good-natured people will let me owe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- We owe the railroad chiefly to the needs of the north of England, and there we find the real birth of the locomotive. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Damn the beast, if he had as many lives as a cat, he would owe them all to me! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I'm sure it's no pleasure to me to go today, but it's a debt we owe society, and there's no one to pay it but you and me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I owe that to you, Mrs. Casaubon says. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I don't owe him anything. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It is a duty we all owe to the poor creature herself to trace her, continued Sir Percival. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The furniture for which he owed would not want renewing; nor even the stock of wine for a long while. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was extremely difficult, I heard, to make out what he owed, or what he had paid, or of what he died possessed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I owed her gratitude. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Have you forgot, Marianne, how many pleasant days we have owed to them? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- She knew how each tenant of the cottages paid or owed his little rent. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But I think I'll have one minute more of what I am owed, if you don't mind. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- As we have already seen, the Royal Society and Milton's Academies owed their origin to the Great Rebellion. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It slid from its balance, owing to the change in its course against the currents of air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- You have saved my life: I have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The T'other Governor he's always joked his jokes agin me, owing, as I believe, to my being a honest man as gets my living by the sweat of my brow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He knew how much he had to do--more than his usual work, owing to the commotion of the day before. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It circled (owing to the guys of one wing being loose) to the right, completing two circles and beginning a third as it advanced; so that the whole course had the form of a spiral. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The Grand Trunk still owes Mr. Edison the wages due him at the time he thus withdrew from its service, but the claim has never been pressed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In the first place, she owes no money privately to any living creature. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- My sex owes you every amends for the treatment you received in days gone by. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It belongs exclusively to the Nineteenth Century, and owes its existence to the tireless energy of one man. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- My father owes him money. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The ruby owes its fine red color to the presence of oxide of chromium; the sapphire its deep blue to either a lower oxide of chromium or to an oxide of titanium. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I may give another instance of a structure which apparently owes its origin exclusively to use or habit. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
錄入:撒迦利亚