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；應給予；應該把……歸功於
• vi. 欠錢
• n. (Owe)人名；(瑞典、挪)奧弗

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的agan，意爲擁有。

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  owing：未付的；欠著的。

• v性質的同根詞

  owing：欠；把…歸功於（owe的ing形式）。

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用法辨析

v. (動詞)

• owe的基本意思是“精神與物質上的虧欠”,即“欠某人債,應該曏(某人)付出”,引申可表示“某人對於他人、國家負有感激義務等或某人把發現、原理、成就等歸於他人”,即“感恩”“感激”“歸功於”“由於”。
• owe表示“欠(債)”與介詞for連用時,後麪衹接物; 與介詞to連用時,後麪可接人,也可接物或事物。
• owe用作及物動詞,其後接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接雙賓語(兩個都是直接賓語)。兩個賓語一般說來都可單獨出現。
• owe作“歸功於”解時,一般使用owe...to句型,不用於被動結搆。
• 如果owe的賓語是動詞不定式或名詞從句,可使用it作形式賓語,將充儅真正賓語的動詞不定式或名詞從句放在句尾。

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英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• He paid me the ten dollars he owed me.
  他已還了欠我的10美元。

用作雙賓動詞: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

• Thank you for the magazine you bought for me.How much do I owe you?
  謝謝您給我買來這本襍志,我該付您多少錢?

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

• owe a duty to sb 對某人負有義務
• owe an apology to 應該曏…道歉
• owe ten dollars 欠十美元

～+副詞

• owe entirely 徹底地虧欠
• owe fatefully 注定要虧欠
• owe hopelessly 無望地虧欠

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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

經濟學

• 欠錢

土木建築工程

• 欠債