英汉词典

owe 基本解释

• vt. 欠；感激；应给予；应该把……归功于
• vi. 欠钱
• n. (Owe)人名；(瑞典、挪)奥弗

owe 词态变化

owe 中文词源

来自古英语agan,拥有，所有，来自Proto-Germanic*aigan,占有，来自PIE*aik,掌握，掌管，词源同ought,own.其现义来自古英语习语agan to geldanne,用拥有的去支付或偿还，即own to yield.从而与own产生词义上的差别。

owe 英文词源

owe

owe: [OE] Owe goes back to a prehistoric Indo- European base *oik-, *ik- denoting ‘possession’. Its Germanic descendant *aig- produced a range of ‘possession’-verbs, none of which now survives except Swedish äga, Danish eie, and English owe. In the Old English period this meant ‘possess’, but that sense was gradually taken over by the related own, and owe developed in the 12th century to ‘have to repay’. A more general notion of ‘obligation’ also emerged, which is now restricted to ought, originally the past tense of owe.
=> ought, own

owe (v.)

Old English agan (past tense ahte) "to have, own," from Proto-Germanic *aigan "to possess" (cognates: Old Frisian aga, Old Norse eiga, Old High German eigan, Gothic aigan "to possess, have"), from PIE *aik- "to be master of, possess" (cognates: Sanskrit ise "he owns," isah "owner, lord, ruler;" Avestan is- "riches," isvan- "well-off, rich").

Sense of "to have to repay" began in late Old English with the phrase agan to geldanne literally "to own to yield," which was used to translate Latin debere (earlier in Old English this would have been sceal "shall"); by late 12c. the phrase had been shortened to simply agan, and own (v.) took over this word's original sense.

An original Germanic preterite-present verb (along with can (v.1), dare, may, etc.). New past tense form owed arose 15c. to replace oughte, which developed into ought (v.).

owe 词组搭配

owe 英文释义

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"

owe 双语例句

1. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.

我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。

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2. I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.

我对她万分感激。

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3. You owe a certain person a sum of money.

你欠某人一笔钱。

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4. 85 percent of all American households owe money on mortgages.

85%的美国家庭背有按揭债务.

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5. 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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owe 实用场景例句

She still owes her father £3 000.

她还欠她父亲3 000英镑。

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She still owes £3 000 to her father.

她还欠她父亲3 000英镑。

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The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors.

这个国家欠外国债权人数十亿元。

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How much do I owe you for the groceries?

买这些杂货我得给你多少钱？

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(figurative)I'm still owed three days' leave.

还欠我三天假呢。

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I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family.

我很感激我的全家人。

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You owe it to your staff to be honest with them.

与下属坦诚相待，这是你对他们应有的态度。

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You owe me a favour!

你还欠我个人情哪！

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Thanks for sticking up for me─I owe you one (= I owe you a favour) .

谢谢你支持我——我欠你一个情。

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I think you owe us an explanation.

我认为你应当给我们一个解释。

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I think we're owed an apology.

我认为得有人向我们道歉。

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He owes his success to hard work.

他的成功是靠勤奋工作。

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The play owes much to French tragedy.

这部戏颇受法国悲剧的影响。

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I owe everything to him.

我的一切都归功于他。

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I owe him everything.

我的一切都归功于他。

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I knew that I owed the surgeon my life.

我明白外科医生救了我的命。

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The company owes money to more than 60 banks...

这家公司欠下60多家银行的债。

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Blake already owed him nearly £50...

布莱克已经欠他将近50英镑了。

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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。

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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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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。

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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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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。

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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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Perhaps we owe these people more respect...

也许我们应该给予这些人更多的尊重。

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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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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。

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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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He was out of work owing to a physical injury...

他因为受伤而失业了。

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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。

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