owe

发音

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  • vt.
    欠…债
    感激
    应归功于
    怀有情感

单词词源

owe 欠债,欠账,归因于

来自古英语agan,拥有,所有,来自Proto-Germanic*aigan,占有,来自PIE*aik,掌握,掌管,词源同ought,own.其现义来自古英语习语agan to geldanne,用拥有的去支付或偿还,即own to yield.从而与own产生词义上的差别。

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反义词

vt.

pay

双语例句

1. If I slept over , you owe me breakfast .
如果我睡过头了,那么你欠我一顿早餐。
2. Spain and italy owe 2.5 trillion .
西班牙和意大利就欠下了2.5万亿欧元。
3. Redeeming their bonds allows homeowners to reduce the amount they owe .
购买债券使得购房者(抵押借款人)得以降低其负债。
4. The other mia 's parents are nutty , as are the friends who think you owe them an apology .
另外一个mia的父母真是疯了,那些认为你该向他们道歉的朋友也不正常。
5. But one could just as easily argue that the boards of these companies owe their investors more than that .
但人们也可以同样轻易地辩称,此类公司的董事会对投资者所负的责任不止于此。

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