owe

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #1120 ★★★☆☆

vt. 亏欠, 负...债, 归功于, 怀有, 应给予, 感恩 vi. 欠钱

发音

UK /əʊ/
US /oʊ/

词形变化

ought owd owed owedst owes 三单 owes owest oweth owing oughtest owing 现在分词 owed 过去式 ought 过去式 owed 过去分词 ought 过去分词 own 过去式 own 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

欠；感激；应给予；应该把……归功于

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

动词

欠钱

How much do I owe you (= often used to show that you want to pay for something )?

我该付你多少钱？

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

    双及物

    We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.

    I owe Kevin five bucks which he lent to me last week.

    This time I'll cover for you, but now you owe me a favour.

  2. 2.

    To have debt; to be in debt.

    欠

    欠债

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To have as a cause; used with to.

    及物

    The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

relate build on build upon rest on

下位词 3

mortgage run up chalk up

相关短语

owe someone one owe out owe it to oneself 认为自己有必要… to what do I owe the pleasure how much do I owe you 你收多少钱？

词源

From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought. Cognate with Sanskrit ईष्टे (īṣṭe, “to own, possess”).

来源：wiktionary