音标:[әu] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vt. 亏欠, 负...债, 归功于, 怀有, 应给予, 感恩
vi. 欠钱
v. be obliged to pay or repay
v. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
v. be in debt
词型变化:现在分词 : owing ; 过去式 : owed ; 第三人称单数 : owes ; 过去分词 : owed
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owe的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I gotta get back there, I owe it to them.我要回到那,我欠他们的。
  2. Incidentally, I think you still owe me some money.顺便说一句, 我想你还欠我一些钱。
  3. I owe you one.我欠你一个人情。
  4. You owe yourself a holiday.你应该给自己安排个假期。
  5. I owe a lot to my wife and children.我很感激我的妻子和孩子。
  6. He owes his success more to luck than to ability.他认为他的成功是靠运气而不是因为自己有能力。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. He paid me the ten dollars he owed me.他已还了欠我的10美元。
  2. You still owe so much.你还欠这么多债。
用作双宾动词S+~+ pron./n. + n./pron.
  1. Thank you for the magazine you bought for me.How much do I owe you?谢谢您给我买来这本杂志,我该付您多少钱?
  2. You owe yourself a holiday.你应该休息一天。
  3. You owe me an apology.你得向我道歉。
  4. I owe you my best thanks.我非常感谢你。
  5. She said to the Chinese doctor that she owed him everything.她对中国医生说她非常感谢他。
  6. We owe our parents a lot.我们深受父母之恩。
  7. I owe you no grudge.我对你没有怨恨。
  8. I always owe that fellow ill will.我总是对那家伙怀有恶感。
  9. Neither he nor Melanie owed me any explanation.他和梅拉尼都没有必要对我作解释。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
owe for (v.+prep.)
    欠买(某物的)钱 have a duty to repay money to sb for the cost of sthowe for sth

    Do I still owe for the concert tickets?

    我还欠着音乐会票钱吗?

    I still owe for my last batch of books.

    最后一批书的钱我还没付。

    I owe for my board and lodging.

    我欠着食宿费。

    I have paid for the bread and cheese, but the butter I still owe for.

    我已经付了面包和奶酪的钱,但是还没有付黄油的钱。

    He still owes for the goods he had last month.

    他仍然欠上个月买东西的账。

    owe sb/sth for sth

    Henry still owes the butcher for the meat.

    亨利还欠着卖肉人买肉的钱。

    Don't let me forget that I owe you for the concert tickets.

    可别让我忘了我还欠你音乐会票钱呢。

    I owe 30 dollars for the concert tickets.

    我欠30美元的音乐会票钱。

    We still owe one hundred dollars for the car.

    为这部车我们还欠着100美元。

owe on (v.+prep.)
    在…上欠债 have a duty to repay money on sthowe sth on sb/sth

    I still owe nearly a hundred pounds on that car.

    我买了那辆汽车,大约还欠100英镑。

owe to (v.+prep.)
    应该感谢; 把…归功于 feel grateful to; attribute the success toowe sth to sb/sth

    He owes a lot of money to Mr. Smith.

    他欠史密斯先生许多钱。

    He owes 50 yuan to his friend.

    他欠朋友50元钱。

    The plant still owes $50,000 to the bank.

    这家工厂仍欠银行5万美元。

    Twenty yuan is owed to him.

    欠他20元钱。

    owe sth to sb/sth

    He gave me a lot of help.I owed much to him.

    他给我许多帮助,我非常感激他。

    We owe to Newton the principle of gravitation.

    万有引力原理的发现应归功于牛顿。

    The girl owed her life to the life guard who saved her from the sea.

    多亏救生员把她从海里救了出来,这个女孩才幸免于难。

    He owes his success to hard work and patience.

    他的成功全靠努力和耐心。

    He owes his success to good luck more than ability.

    他的成功多半靠幸运,少半靠能力。

    She owes her beauty to artificial assistance.

    她的美全靠打扮。

    He owes it to his doctor's care that he is quite well again.

    他再次痊愈是靠医生的关怀。

    He owes his good health to plenty of exercise and a regular life.

    他把他身体健康归功于充分锻炼和生活有规律。

    owe it to oneself/sb to-v/that-clause

    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。

    I owe it to you that I finished my work in time.

    多亏得你帮助,我才及时完成了工作。

    I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.

    亏得你我才大难不死。

    We owe it to Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.

    今天我们之所以能够和远在天涯海角的人通话,应归功于马可尼和贝尔。

    It was altogether owing it to himself that James won the prize.

    詹姆斯获奖完全是靠自己的努力。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • owe a duty to sb对某人负有义务
  • owe an apology to应该向…道歉
  • owe ten dollars欠十美元
~+副词
  • owe entirely彻底地亏欠
  • owe fatefully注定要亏欠
  • owe hopelessly无望地亏欠
  • owe partly部分地亏欠
  • owe spiritually心灵上亏欠
~+介词
  • owe for欠…的(钱)
  • owe for car欠买车的钱
  • owe for house欠买房子的钱
  • owe to是…的缘故,归于
  • owe much to improvement of在很大程度上是因为改进…的缘故
  • owe one's success to hard work把成功归于辛勤工作

经典引文

  • Fine storehouses..but of no great profit to him that oweth them.

    出自:S. Pepys
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