owe
英[əʊ]美[oʊ]
v.欠钱/情，应把…归因于，服从，有必要为；
第三人称单数：owes;
过去式：owed;
过去分词：owed;
现在分词：owing;
例句
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 the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique.我之所以能恢复听觉完全是因为采用了这项非凡的新技术。
You owe yourself a holiday.你应该休息一天。
You still owe so much debt.你还欠这么多债。
My agent has instructed me that you still owe me ￡50.我的代理人通知我, 你还欠我50英镑。
Trees owe their existence to soil.树木靠土壤生存。
We’ve economized as much as possible,but to little great avail,since we still owe a lot of money.我们尽可能节俭,但没什么用,因为我们仍然欠了一大笔债。
We’ve economised as much as possible,but to little great avail,since we still owe a lot of money.我们尽可能节俭,但没什么用,因为我们仍然欠了一大笔债。
I'm afraid I was rather bad-tempered yesterday; I think I owe you an apology.恐怕我昨天的脾气不怎么好, 我认为应该向你道歉。
Parents often try to rub into their children how much they owe to them.做父母的经常向孩子灌输父母对子女恩重如山的想法.
英语六级真题
Coal prices also are low, owing to over-supply and the scaling-down of demand, especially from China, which burns half of the world's coal.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" when it comes to children.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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。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。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。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。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。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。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。英汉词典释义
vt.
欠…债; 应当给予
He paid me the ten dollars he owed me.他已还了欠我的十美元。You still owe so much debt.你还欠这么多债。You owe yourself a holiday.你应该休息一天。应把…归功于，起因于，起源于
He owes his good health to plenty of exercise and a regular life.他把他身体健康归功于运动和有规律的生活。I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。感激
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。（对位高权重者）忠诚，服从
英英词典释义
Verb
1. be obliged to pay or repay
2. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense;
"This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"3. be in debt;
"She owes me $200""The thesis owes much to his adviser"行业词典
法律： 欠债；