1 N-VAR 债务;欠款 A
debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
债务;欠款 -
Three years later, he is still paying off his debts.
都3年了,他仍在偿还债务。
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Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
经济收缩意味着税收的减少和政府债务的增加。
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...reducing the country's $18 billion foreign debt.
削减该国所欠的 180 亿美元外债
3 N-UNCOUNT 负债(状态) Debt is the state of owing money.
负债(状态) If you are
in debt or
get into debt, you owe money. If you are
out of debt or
get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe.
4 N-COUNT [usually singular, oft in poss N] (表示感激)我欠你个人情/我受你的恩惠 You use
debt in expressions such as
I owe you a debt or
I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you.
(表示感激)我欠你个人情/我受你的恩惠 [formal, feelings] -
He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him.
他对我太好了,我永远也还不清这份人情。
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I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help.
我要衷心地感谢乔伊斯·汤普森先生,他严谨而卓著的研究给予了我极大的帮助。
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I know I shall feel for ever in her debt.
我知道我将会永远感激她。
Quotations
In the midst of life we are in debt Ethel Watts Mumford et al. Altogether New Cynic's Calendar Debt is the worst poverty Thomas Fuller Gnomologia Word Partnership | Use debt with: |
VERB. | pay off a debt, repay a debt 1 incur debt, reduce debt 2 |
ADV. | deeply in debt 2 |
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