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				VERB 欠(钱);欠(债);欠(账) If you owe money to someone, they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back. You can also say that the money is owing . 例句 The company owes money to more than 60 banks...
						这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。
						Blake already owed him nearly £50...
						布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。
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				VERB 应把…归因(于);应把…归功(于) 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. 例句 I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger...
						我一直怀疑她仗着自己是罗杰的朋友才得到第一份工作。
						He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer...
						他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
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				VERB 欠(情);感激 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. 例句 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。
						He's been fantastic. I owe him a lot.
						他真是个大好人,我欠他太多了。
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				VERB 应归因;应归功 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. 例句 The island's present economy owes a good deal to whisky distilling...
						该岛当前的经济发展主要归功于蒸馏法酿造威士忌酒行业。
						Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.
						艾伦太太的烹饪风格很大程度上承传于她的婆婆。
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				VERB 应该给予(某人感激、尊重、忠诚等) If you say that you owe someone gratitude, respect, or loyalty, you mean that they deserve it from you. 例句 Perhaps we owe these people more respect...
						也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。
						I owe you an apology. You must have found my attitude very annoying...
						我应该向你道歉。你一定觉得我的态度很恶劣吧。
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				VERB 应该为(某人做);有必要为(某人做) If you say that you owe it to someone to do something, you mean that you should do that thing because they deserve it. 例句 I can't go. I owe it to him to stay...
						我不能走。看在他的分上我也该留下来。
						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。
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				PREP-PHRASE 由于;因为 You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something. 例句 He was out of work owing to a physical injury...
						他因为受伤而失业了。
						Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
						由于缺人手,这趟火车上没有餐车。