owe

[əʊ]
  • 释义
  • 欠钱/情;应把…归因于;服从;有必要为;

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  • owing
  • owes
  • 词义辨析
  • owe...to, be due to
  • 二者共同的意思是“欠”。它们的区别是:
    1.owe是动词; due是形容词。例如:
    She owes ten dollars to her sister.她欠她姐姐10美元。
    Any money that is due to you will be paid before the end of this month.欠你的钱将在这月底之前全部支付给你。
    2.owe...to常译为“欠某人的债”,用于比喻可表示对“某人负有义务或名誉,功劳应归于…”; 而due一般译为“应付给”,用以表示原因。例如:
    Our grateful thanks are due to the police department for their help in the making of this film.我们由衷感谢警方在制作这部影片的过程中给予我们的帮助。
  • owe...to, attribute...to
  • 这两短语共同的意思是“把…归因于…”。它们的区别是:
    1.owe...to只用于主动句,且多含褒义; 而attribute...to可用于主动句,也可用于被动句,且多用于贬义。例如:
    To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?盘尼西林的发现该归功于谁?
    He attributes his success to hard work.他把自己的成功归因于努力工作。
    Economists attributed the lack of progress to poor cooperation.经济学家把缺乏进步归咎于合作不好。
    2.owe...to的主语可以是物,也可以是人; attribute...to的主语只能是人。例如:
    The bank and its customer owe a large number of obligations to one another.银行和主顾彼此都应负很多义务。
    She attributes her success to hard work and a bit of luck.她认为她的成功是由于勤奋加上一点运气而得来的。
  • 下面三个句子意思相同:
  • I owe the grocer.
    I owe the grocer money.
    I owe money to the grocer.
    我欠那个杂货商钱。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    How much do you owe him?

    你该他多少钱?

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 2、

    What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £1.2 million debt.

    与120万英镑的总债务相比,他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 3、

    Perhaps we owe these people more respect.

    也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    I owe him an apology.

    我应向他道歉.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 5、

    My agent has instructed me that you still owe me £50.

    我的代理人通知我,你还欠我50英镑.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 6、

    Can you tot up how much I owe you?

    你能算一下我总共欠你多少钱 吗 ?

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.

    我破产了,莉薇,而且我欠了几百万美元的债。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    As a professional composer I owe much to Radio 3.

    作为一名职业作曲家,我十分感激第三电台。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 9、

    I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.

    亏得你我才大难不死.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    Parents often try to drill into their children how much they owe them.

    当父母的常常冲着孩子唠叨,父母对儿女恩重如山.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    I owe you a debt of gratitude which I shall never be able to repay.

    我永远报答不尽你的恩情.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 12、

    Trees owe their existence to soil.

    树木靠土壤生存.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 13、

    We owe to Newton the principle of gravitation.

    万有引力原理的发现应归功于牛顿.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.

    我对她万分感激。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 15、

    I don't owe him by way of gratitude.

    我不该他的情.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 16、

    We've economised as much as possible, but to little great avail, since we still owe a lot of money.

    我们尽可能节俭, 但没什么用, 因为我们仍然欠了一大笔债.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 17、

    We owe it to society to make our country a better place.

    把国家建设得更美好是我们对社会应尽的责任.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 18、

    When can you give back the money that you owe?

    你欠的钱什么时候还?

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    You owe yourself a holiday.

    你应该休息一天.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 20、

    He didn't owe her ill will.

    他对她并非怀有恶意.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 21、

    We still owe one hundred dollars for the car.

    为这部车我们还欠着100美元.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    I owe you for your help.

    我感谢你的帮助.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 23、

    If I have improved in any way, I owe it all to you.

    如果说我有一些进步, 这全归功于你.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 24、

    I owe the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique.

    我之所以能恢复听觉完全是因为采用了这项非凡的新技术.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 25、

    I owe him ten dollars.

    我欠他10美元.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 26、

    You owe it to yourself to get some professional help.

    你应该为了自己寻求专业人士的帮助。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 27、

    I still owe for my last suit.

    我最近买了一套衣服,还没有付钱.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 28、

    The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.

    建议你还清所有的债务,这样你就能够重新开始了。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 29、

    I overspent by £1 on your shopping so I'm afraid you owe me.

    我为你买的东西多付了1英镑,所以呢,恐怕你欠我的。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 30、

    Incidentally, I think you still owe me some money.

    顺便说一句, 我想你还欠我一些钱.

    ——《简明英汉词典》