feel/be beholden to somebodyMUSTto feel that you have a duty to someone because they have done something for you 觉得对某人有所亏欠/欠某人人情
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feel/be beholden to somebody• Ludwig is beholden to the President, who gave him his job.• I don't like to be beholden to anybody, I like to be my own boss.• Yet most judges I know are beholden to Power-by that I mean unalterably pledged to the dominantforce of the system.• There was no longer any need for her to be beholden to Fen Marshall.
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beholden• Consequently, this was the group to whom they felt most beholden.• They are not beholden to the dominantBurton / BrownDemocraticmachine.