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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。