debt /det/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1 [countableC]OWE a sum of money that a person or organization owes 债务,欠款debt of She had debts of over £100,000. 她有超过十万英镑的债。
He had enough money to pay off his outstanding debts. 他有足够的钱偿还亏欠的债务。
students who run up huge debts 欠下巨额债务的学生
2 [uncountableU]OWE when you owe money to someone 欠债,负债 OPP creditin debt (to somebody) Nearly half the students said they were in debt. 近一半的学生说自己负有债务。
The band will be in debt to the record company for years. 乐团将向唱片公司欠债很多年。
£200/$1,000 etc in debt A rash business decision left him $600 in debt. 生意上一个草率的决定使他欠下了600美元的债。
get/run/fall etc into debt The club sank deeper into debt. 这家俱乐部陷入更深的债务之中。
be heavily/deeply in debt (=owe a lot of money) 负债累累
3 EFFECT/INFLUENCE[countableC usually singular] the degree to which you have learned from or been influenced by someone or something else 影响;教益debt to Braque acknowledged his debt to Impressionist painting. 布拉克承认受到了印象派绘画的影响。
4 debt of gratitude/thanks THANKthe fact of being grateful to someone who has helped you 恩情,人情债 I owe a debt of gratitude to my tutors. 我要感谢我的导师。
debt of gratitude/thanks• In addition to that great teacher of prayer, there were others to whom I owe a debt of gratitude.• We all owe Solly a deep debt of gratitude for his services to the cause of jazz for so many years.• The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude.• We all owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we wish him well.• Some say it is because of Baba Firdaus and his holy life, others say because Amanullah Khan paid his debt of gratitude.• Their varied tasks in the Library have all contributed to its success and we owe them a very real debt of gratitude. COLLOCATIONSverbshave debts 欠债Fortunately, I have no debts. 所幸,我不欠债。
run up debts (also amass debts formal) (=borrow more and more money) 积欠债务At that time he was drinking a lot and running up debts. 那时他酗酒,还欠了一屁股债。
pay off a debt (=pay the money back) 还债The first thing I'm going to do is pay off my debts. 我要做的第一件事就是还债。
repay/settle a debt formal (=pay the money back) 【正式】还债He was hoping he would soon have enough money to settle his debts. 他希望不久会有足够的钱来还债。
clear your debts (=repay all of them) 还清债务It took him three years to clear his bank debts. 他用了三年时间还清欠银行的债务。
service a debt (=pay the interest on a debt, but not pay it back) 支付债务利息By then, she was borrowing more money just to service her debts. 那时她借钱越来越多,还仅仅是用来还利息。
write off/cancel a debt (=say officially that it does not have to be paid) 勾销债务The bank finally agreed to write off the debt. 银行最终同意勾销债务。
be burdened with/saddled with debts (=have big debts) 债台高筑Many poor countries are saddled with huge debts. 许多贫困国家负债累累。
reduce a debt 减少债务nThe programme aims to reduce the debt of the world's poorest countries.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + debtbig/large 大额的The debts got bigger and bigger. 债务越欠越多。
huge (=very big) 巨额的Young people often leave university with huge debts. 年轻人常常背着一身债从大学毕业。
unpaid/outstanding (=not yet paid) 未偿付的The average outstanding debt on credit cards in Britain is now over £3,000. 现在在英国,信用卡的平均未偿债务是三千多英镑。
heavy debts (=big debts) 高额债务The company wanted to reduce its heavy debts. 这家公司想减少其高额债务。
a bad debt (=one that is unlikely to be paid back) 坏账Companies lose millions of pounds each year from having to write off bad debts. 公司因为勾销坏账每年损失数百万英镑。
a bank debt (=one that you owe to a bank) 银行债务nThe company closed with bank debts of about £350 million.
the national debt (=the total amount that is owed by the government of a country) 国债nTheir national debt is the third largest in the world.