owe
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əʊ]
- 美式音标 [oʊ]
- 国际音标 [əu]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 欠；感激；应给予；应该把……归功于
- vi. 欠钱
- n. (Owe)人名；(瑞典、挪)奥弗
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的agan，意为拥有。
用法辨析
- owe的基本意思是“精神与物质上的亏欠”,即“欠某人债,应该向(某人)付出”,引申可表示“某人对于他人、国家负有感激义务等或某人把发现、原理、成就等归于他人”,即“感恩”“感激”“归功于”“由于”。
- owe表示“欠(债)”与介词for连用时,后面只接物; 与介词to连用时,后面可接人,也可接物或事物。
- owe用作及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语,也可接双宾语(两个都是直接宾语)。两个宾语一般说来都可单独出现。
- owe作“归功于”解时,一般使用owe...to句型,不用于被动结构。
- 如果owe的宾语是动词不定式或名词从句,可使用it作形式宾语,将充当真正宾语的动词不定式或名词从句放在句尾。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He paid me the ten dollars he owed me.
他已还了欠我的10美元。 - Thank you for the magazine you bought for me.How much do I owe you?
谢谢您给我买来这本杂志,我该付您多少钱?
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
用作双宾动词: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.
词组短语
- owe a duty to sb 对某人负有义务
- owe an apology to 应该向…道歉
- owe ten dollars 欠十美元
- owe entirely 彻底地亏欠
- owe fatefully 注定要亏欠
- owe hopelessly 无望地亏欠
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+副词
英英字典
- (HAVE DEBTS) to need to pay or give something to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you
- (AS A RESULT) to have success, happiness, a job, etc. only because of what someone has given you or done for you or because of your own efforts
- If you owe money to someone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back.
- If someone or something owes a particular quality or their success to a person or thing, they only have it because of that person or thing.
- If you say that you owe a great deal to someone or something, you mean that they have helped you or influenced you a lot, and you feel very grateful to them.
- If you say that something owes a great deal to a person or thing, you mean that it exists, is successful, or has its particular form mainly because of them.
- If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you.
- If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it.
- You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
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专业释义
- 欠钱
- 欠债