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owe

owe /əʊ $ / ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitiveT]   oh
1 moneyOWE to need to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent you 欠〔钱〕;负债 borrow, lend
owe somebody money/£10 etc
 I owe my brother $50.
我欠弟弟50美元。
owe somebody for something
 I still owe you for the taxi.
我还欠你出租车费呢。
 How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)?
我该付你多少钱?
owe something to somebody
 the money owed to credit card companies
欠信用卡公司的钱
2 STH done/given 该做/该给的东西SHOULD/OUGHT TO to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you 应该做;应给予;对负有的义务
 He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.
他请了一个同事帮忙,那人曾欠他一个情。
owe somebody a drink/letter etc
 I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon.
我欠肖恩一封信,我得尽快写。
 Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)!
非常感谢你对这一切这么理解——我欠你一个人情!
owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them) 该报答某人
 Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me!
我们去找找乔看——他欠我的情呢!
3 owe somebody an explanation/apology SORRY/APOLOGIZEto feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry 该向某人解释/致歉
 You owe him an apology.
你应该向他道歉。
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4 help to achieve STH 帮助做成某事
a) BECAUSEto have something or achieve something because of what someone else has done 归功于,有是由于
owe something to somebody
 He probably owes his life to her prompt action.
很可能是因为她行动迅速,才救了他一命。
b) IMPORTANTto know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving something 感激
owe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal
 ‘I owe my parents a lot, ’ he admitted.
我非常感激我的父母。他承认道。
 He owes a great deal to his publishers.
他非常感激他的出版商。
owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody
 I owe it all to you.
这一切都多亏了你。
owe somebody a debt (of gratitude)
 the debt that we owe to our teachers
我们对老师们的感激之情
5 good effect 良好的效果BECAUSE to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someone 归功于〔某事〕
owe to
 Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management.
他们的成功更多靠的是好运气,而不是苦心经营。
 Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.
皮尔逊的工作成果很大程度上应该归功于他朋友休金斯米尔的研究。
6 owe it to somebody to do something IMPORTANTto feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support 〔认为〕应该为某人做某事
 You owe it to your supporters not to give up now.
为了对得起你的支持者,你现在不应该放弃。
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7 owe it to yourself to do something DESERVEto feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve 〔认为〕自己应该做某事
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8 owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody OBEYto have a duty to obey someone 负有效忠某人的义务
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9. think that the world owes you a living LAZYto be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapproval 认为生来就该过舒服的日子〔含贬义〕
nTHESAURUS
owe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money
You owe me $50.
The football club still owes £2.3 million.
be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation
She hates being in debt.
We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.
be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in
He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.
The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.
have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank
When I finished college I had a big overdraft.
be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have
The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
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From Longman Business Dictionary
oweowe /əʊoʊ/ verb [transitiveT]FINANCE
to have not yet paid someone money you should pay them, or to have not yet paid back money you borrowed
She owes taxes for the past three years.
owe somebody something (for something)
He owes the company $2000 for components it supplied.
owe somebody for something
We still owe the builder for the work on the roof.
Origin owe
Old English agan
owe verbn THESAURUS1
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