owe /əʊ/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (owing,owed,owes)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you owe money to someone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back. 欠

  例：

  The company owes money to more than 60 banks.

  这家公司欠六十多家银行的钱。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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. 把…归功于 [no passive]

  例：

  I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger.

  我总是觉得她得到她的第一份工作是由于她与罗杰的友谊。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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. 感激

  例：

  As a musician I owe much to the radio station in my home town.

  作为一名音乐家，我非常感激我家乡的广播电台。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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. 得益于

  例：

  The island's present economy owes a good deal to tourism.

  该岛现在的经济大大得益于旅游业。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you. 应给予

  例：

  Perhaps we owe these people more respect.

  也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊敬。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it. 该为 (某人做某事) [no passive]

  例：

  I can't go; I owe it to him to stay.

  我不能走，为了他我该留下来。

• 7.  

  PHRASE（习语） You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something. 由于

  例：

  Owing to staff shortages, there was no food on the plane.

  由于工作人员不足，飞机上没有食物。