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词汇 owed
释义 owed
past simple and past participle ofowe
owe
verb[ T ]
uk /əʊ/ us /oʊ/

oweverb[T] (HAVE DEBTS)


B1
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: 欠(债);欠(账);该偿还
[ + two objects ]I owe Janet $50.我欠珍妮特50美元。
We still owe $1,000 on our car (= we still need to pay $1,000 before we own our car).我们的车还欠1000美元未付清。
I owe you a drink for helping me move.你帮我搬家,我该请你喝一杯。
I think you owe (= should give) me an explanation/apology.我觉得你得向我解释一下/道歉。
See also
IOU
"As I recall," he said with some irritation, "you still owe me £150."“我记得,”他有些恼火地说:“你还欠我150英镑呢。”
It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets.我突然想起来,音乐会的票钱我还没给你呢。
It'll be difficult to sort out how much each person owes.要弄清楚每个人都欠多少钱会很不容易。
He'd better pay me back that money he owes me soon, or else.他最好赶快把欠我的那笔钱还给我,否则我就对他不客气。
I owe you an apology - I'm afraid I forgot to send Amanda that report.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Borrowing & lending
amortizable
amortization
amortize
bond measure
bond referendum
bonded
credit limit
debt
get behind
hole
lending rate
microcredit
microloan
non-current
non-interest
non-prime
outstanding
use something as collateral
usury
write something off

oweverb[T] (AS A RESULT)


C2
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: 把…归功(于);把…归因(于)
I owe my success to my education.我的成功归功于我所受的教育。
He owes his life to the staff at the hospital.他能保住命全亏了这家医院的医护人员。
I owe everything (= I am very grateful) to my parents.我非常感激我的父母。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Relieved and thankful
all's well that ends wellidiom
appreciate
appreciative
appreciative of something
appreciatively
beholden
bless you!idiom
count
debt
gratitude
gratitude journal
I owe you (one)idiom
in acknowledgment of something
in debt to someone/something
mind
thank
thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc.idiom
thank your lucky starsidiom
thankful
thankfully

Idioms


I owe you (one)
owe someone a living
owe it to yourself

Examples of owed


owed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The amount of grain in his warehouse and the amount of grain 'owed' to the army were two entirely separate matters.
In 2003, students whose parental annual income was less than £20,480 owed an average of £9,708, and half owed more than £10,392.
For example, there may be a diminishing marginal utility for injured parties that ought not be factored into the compensation that is owed.
This was a decision that owed as much to desperation as to inexperience.
But what is the compensation owed for breaching a duty to compensate?
And what is the compensation owed for breaching that duty?
Those registers that name the creditors show that the bulk of the debt was owed to nobles.
These newly experienced living standards owed much to the regime, and it came as no surprise that the middle classes were loyal to the regime.
And the duty of non-maleficence seems to be owed by all moral agents to all sentient beings just in virtue of their having interests.
This conservative religious tone of the parish must have owed a good deal to its towering neighbour.
Some of those duties are owed to fellow citizens - to those who are poor, disabled, victims of prejudice and injustice, for example.
Kings were owed allegiance not because of any right, but in terms of their capacity to protect.
The area that owed allegiance to a king was sub-divided into districts headed by headmen.
Yet his ascendancy owed more to the internal politics of the new ruling party than to his religious identity.
While he owed his stepmother respect, because of her parental position, he was not her blood relation.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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