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单词 owe
释义
owe
verb[T]
uk
/əʊ/us
/oʊ/

oweverb[T](HAVE DEBTS)

B1
to need topayor give something to someone because they havelentmoneyto you, or inexchangefor something they have done for you:
欠（债）；欠（账）；该偿还
[+ two objects]I owe Janet $50.我欠珍妮特50美元。
We still owe $1,000onourcar(= we still need topay$1,000 before we ownourcar).我们的车还欠1000美元未付清。
I owe you adrinkforhelpingmemove.你帮我搬家，我该请你喝一杯。
Ithinkyou owe(= should give)me anexplanation/apology.我觉得你得向我解释一下／道歉。
See also
IOU
More examples
  • "As Irecall," he said with someirritation, "you still owe me £150."
  • It's juststruckme that I still owe you for theconcerttickets.
  • It'll bedifficulttosortout how much eachpersonowes.
  • He'dbetterpayme back thatmoneyhe owes mesoon, orelse.
  • I owe you anapology- I'mafraidIforgottosendAmanda thatreport.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Borrowing & lending
  • amortizable
  • amortization
  • arrears
  • bad debt
  • bonded
  • borrow
  • borrowing
  • credit rating
  • holiday
  • IOU
  • leveraged buyout
  • over-borrowed
  • overdraft
  • overpayment
  • pay downsomething
  • pay off
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reschedule
  • secure
  • straight
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oweverb[T](AS A RESULT)

C2
to havesuccess,happiness, ajob, etc. only because of what someone has given you or done for you or because ofyourownefforts:
把…归功（于）；把…归因（于）
I owe mysuccesstomyeducation.我的成功归功于我所受的教育。
He owes hislifetothestaffat thehospital.他能保住命全亏了这家医院的医护人员。
I owe everything(= I am verygrateful)to myparents.我非常感激我的父母。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Relieved and thankful
  • a load/weight offyourmindidiom
  • appreciative
  • appreciatively
  • beholden
  • bless
  • bless you!idiom
  • cheers
  • count
  • I oweyou(one)idiom
  • indebtedness
  • million
  • mind
  • obliged
  • owe a debt of gratitude/thanksidiom
  • release
  • thankful
  • thankfully
  • thankfulness
  • thanks
  • thanks a millionidiom
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Idioms

I oweyou(one)
owesomeonea living
owe it toyourself
(Definition ofowefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

owe| American Dictionary

owe
verb
us
/oʊ/

oweverb(HAVE A DEBT)

[I/T]
to have theresponsibilitytopayor give back something you havereceivedfrom someone:
[T]Don’tforget– you owe me tendollars.

oweverb(BE GRATEFUL)

[T]
to begratefulto someone or something because of what thepersonor thingprovidedor madepossible:
I owe a lot to myparents, who have alwayssupportedandencouragedme.

Idioms

owe it tosomeonetodo something
youowe it toyourselftodo something
(Definition ofowefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

owe| Business English

owe
verb[T]
uk
/əʊ/us
FINANCE,COMMERCE
to need topayor give something to someone because they havelentmoneyto you:
owe sb $5/$500, etc.I owe you £200.
How much do we owe thebank?
Heclaimsthefirmoweshimmoney.
owe $5/$500, etc. to sbThecompanyowes $618 million toitscreditors.
owe $100/$1000, etc. on sthWe still owe $1000 onourcar.
owe $100/$1000, etc. in sthThegovernmentallegesthat he owes $54 million inunpaidtaxes.
to have had someonehelpyou or do something good for you, so that you should do somethingsimilarfor them:
Heowesyouafavorforhelpinghim with theproject.
owe sb (one)Thanks - I owe you one!
(Definition ofowefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofowe

owe
Since a claim is a duty owed particularly to the person, the unfairness is plainly suffered by that person.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When making these observations, however, flight was ignored, owing to the difficulties caused by its very short duration in the small observation-jars.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately, two of the three maps are difficult to read owing to the poor quality of reproduction.
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Urban respondents were more likely toowemoney to a loan-agent, and less likely tooweit to a bank.
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We describe their second approach here owing to its simplicity.
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The unpunctured spherical film drains, owing to gravity, eventually becoming naturally unstable when its thickness is of order 0.07pm.
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Furthermore, owing to their self-electric field, they would drift in the negative x direction.
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I was able to record such a large body of data owing to the assistance of my friends, many of whom were network marketers themselves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nor is identification unconditionally owed to existing institutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The latter type displays a fairly complex distribution, owing to the fact that it can sometimes appear in contexts without overt negation.
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Presumably, the pulses are not as strong for low and high k, owing to interference with the forcing and dissipation.
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Prices become merely nominal if payment is not instantaneously done, no man knows what he owes, and yet everything is done on credit.
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During the dry season the locusts could be approached nearer than during the rains, owing to their inactivity when the humidity is low.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The localized solutions, at early times, are found to be damped owing to the dust-charge fluctuations.
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The consequences of such an encounter are expected to lead to a complex pattern of vortices owing to cut and connect processes and pairing processes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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