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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++owe /əʊ $ oʊ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive] 1 money 钱OWE to need to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent you 欠〔钱〕；负债 → borrow, lendowe somebody money/£10 etc I owe my brother $50. 我欠弟弟50美元。owe somebody for something I still owe you for the taxi. 我还欠你出租车费呢。 How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)? 我该付你多少钱？owe something to somebody the money owed to credit card companies 欠信用卡公司的钱2 STH done/given 该做/该给的东西SHOULD/OUGHT TO to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you 应该做；应给予；对…负有…的义务 He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour. 他请了一个同事帮忙，那人曾欠他一个情。owe somebody a drink/letter etc I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. 我欠肖恩一封信，我得尽快写。 Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)! 非常感谢你对这一切这么理解——我欠你一个人情！owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them) 该报答某人 Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me! 我们去找找乔看——他欠我的情呢！3 owe somebody an explanation/apology SORRY/APOLOGIZEto feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry 该向某人解释/致歉 You owe him an apology. 你应该向他道歉。4 help to achieve STH 帮助做成某事 a) BECAUSEto have something or achieve something because of what someone else has done 把…归功于，有…是由于owe something to somebody He probably owes his life to her prompt action. 很可能是因为她行动迅速，才救了他一命。 b) IMPORTANTto know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving something 感激owe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal ‘I owe my parents a lot, ’ he admitted. “我非常感激我的父母。”他承认道。 He owes a great deal to his publishers. 他非常感激他的出版商。owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody I owe it all to you. 这一切都多亏了你。owe somebody a debt (of gratitude) the debt that we owe to our teachers 我们对老师们的感激之情5 good effect 良好的效果BECAUSE to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someone 归功于〔某事〕owe to Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. 他们的成功更多靠的是好运气，而不是苦心经营。 Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill. 皮尔逊的工作成果很大程度上应该归功于他朋友休•金斯米尔的研究。6 owe it to somebody to do something IMPORTANTto feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support 〔认为〕应该为某人做某事 You owe it to your supporters not to give up now. 为了对得起你的支持者，你现在不应该放弃。7 owe it to yourself to do something DESERVEto feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve 〔认为〕自己应该做某事8 owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody OBEYto have a duty to obey someone 负有效忠某人的义务9. think that the world owes you a living LAZYto be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapproval 认为生来就该过舒服的日子〔含贬义〕n THESAURUSowe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of moneyYou owe me $50. The football club still owes £2.3 million.be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situationShe hates being in debt.We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put inHe received a letter saying he was overdrawn.The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bankWhen I finished college I had a big overdraft.be in the red informal to have spent more money than you haveThe firm is £190,000,000 in the red.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
owe• How much do you owe?• The business collapsed, owing $50 million.• We all owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs Stevenson, who kindly donated the money for the project.• I owe a great deal to my publishers, who helped me to finish writing the book.• We owe a lot of money to the bank.• But to that doctor I owe a portion of my sanity.• Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.• South Florida owes him the respect one gives to a stern high school teacher.• Forget what he owes his readers.• But they owe, if anything, even more to Essene tradition.• I owe it all to you. You were the only one who believed in me.• I owe it to Carrie and Mikey.• You still owe me $5.• You're going to owe me if I let you use my car.• His job was to phone people who owed money and demand immediate payment.• The phenomenal success of his efforts owed much to his supreme mathematical skills and to his equally superb physical insights.• I owe my parents a lot for everything they've done for me.• "I owe my parents a lot, " he admitted. "They worked real hard to put me through college."• Ivan Capelli drove for the March team for five seasons, but says he's still owed the money in unpaid wages.• How much do we owe you for the milk?owe something to somebody• At that time Uganda owed billions of dollars to the World Bank.I owe you one• After last year, I think I owe them one.owe somebody a debt (of gratitude)• Eliot at once sent him a cablegram, saying that he was one to whom all contemporary poets owed a debt.• I believed I owed him some debt.• Joseph Harker To whom do we owe the national debt?• I never saw them again and yet I owe them a debt, a gratitude.• The arguments are moral: the rich countries owe a debt for the ravaged resources of the Third World.• Each of the Padres' two franchise postseason appearances has owed a debt to free-agent acquisitions.• It could be that Mr Major owes a debt to the pollsters for his victory.• There are even photographs of writers who owe a debt to Twain, in case you miss the point.owed much to• The functionalist design owed much to Emberton's assistant George Fairweather.• London Assurance owed much to his ability to hammer a text into presentable shape.• Between the world wars major unions suffered the searing experience of high unemployment which owed much to incompetent employers and benighted policy-makers.• The hat-trick was completed on 22 minutes and owed much to some great work by David Beckham.• The strict interpretation of statute, an important feature of the sixteenth century, owed much to the invention of printing.• Military organization, too, owed much to the whim of the Tsar.• The moribund, quasi-clerical state of the universities owed much to this fact.From Longman Business Dictionaryoweowe /əʊoʊ/ verb [transitive]FINANCE to have not yet paid someone money you should pay them, or to have not yet paid back money you borrowedShe owes taxes for the past three years.owe somebody something (for something)He owes the company $2000 for components it supplied.owe somebody for somethingWe still owe the builder for the work on the roof.→ See Verb tableOrigin owe Old English aganowe verb →n THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChinese
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owe S2 W3 /əʊ $ oʊ/
verb [transitive]
owe somebody money/£10 etc
I owe my brother $50.
owe somebody for something
I still owe you for the taxi.
How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)?
owe something to somebody
the money owed to credit card companies
2. SOMETHING DONE/GIVEN to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you:
He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.
owe somebody a drink/letter etc
I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon.
Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)!
owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them)
Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me!
3. owe somebody an explanation/apology to feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry:
You owe him an apology.
4. HELP TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING
a. to have something or achieve something because of what someone else has done
owe something to somebody
He probably owes his life to her prompt action.
b. to know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving something
owe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal
‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted.
He owes a great deal to his publishers.
owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody
I owe it all to you.
owe somebody a debt (of gratitude)
the debt that we owe to our teachers
5. GOOD EFFECT to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someone
owe to
Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management.
Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.
6. owe it to somebody to do something to feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support:
You owe it to your supporters not to give up now.
7. owe it to yourself to do something to feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve:
You owe it to yourself to take some time off.
8. owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody to have a duty to obey someone:
provinces owing allegiance to the Emperor
9. think that the world owes you a living to be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapproval
▪ owe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money: You owe me $50. | The football club still owes £2.3 million.
▪be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation: She hates being in debt. | We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.
▪be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in: He received a letter saying he was overdrawn. | The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.
▪have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank: When I finished college I had a big overdraft.
▪be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have: The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
owe S2 W3 /əʊ $ oʊ/
verb [transitive] Language: Old English
Origin: agan
1. MONEY to need to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent you ⇨ borrow, lendOrigin: agan
owe somebody money/£10 etc
owe somebody for something
owe something to somebody
2. SOMETHING DONE/GIVEN to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you:
owe somebody a drink/letter etc
owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them)
3. owe somebody an explanation/apology to feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry:
4. HELP TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING
a. to have something or achieve something because of what someone else has done
owe something to somebody
b. to know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving something
owe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal
owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody
owe somebody a debt (of gratitude)
5. GOOD EFFECT to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someone
owe to
6. owe it to somebody to do something to feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support:
7. owe it to yourself to do something to feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve:
8. owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody to have a duty to obey someone:
9. think that the world owes you a living to be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapproval
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Weight 体重
put on/gain/lose weight/a few kilos/a few pounds增加／减少体重／几公斤／几磅 watch/control/struggle with your weight关注／控制体重；努力减肥 be/become seriously overweight/underweight已经／变得严重超重／体重不足 be/become clinically/morbidly obese已经是／变成临床／病态肥胖 achieve/facilitate/promote/stimulate weight loss达到减轻体重的目的；促进减肥 slim down to 70 kilos/( 11 stone/BrE ( 160 poundsespecially
NAmE 减肥到 70 公斤／11 英石／160 磅 combat/prevent/tackle/treat obesity遏制／防止／解决／治疗肥胖 develop/have/suffer from/struggle with/recover from anorexia/bulimia/an eating disorder患上／对抗／治愈厌食症／贪食症／饮食失调症 be on/go on/follow a crash/strict diet采用快速减肥食谱；严格节食 have/suffer from a negative/poor body image有不好的身体形象 have/develop a positive/healthy body image具有／达到好的／健康的身体形象
Healthy eating 健康的饮食
eat a balanced diet/healthily/sensibly吃得均衡／健康／合理 get/provide/receive adequate/proper nutrition获得／提供／得到充足的／合适的营养 contain/get/provide essential nutrients/vitamins/minerals含有／得到／提供必需的营养素／维生素／矿物质 be high/low in calories/fat/fibre/( fiber/protein/vitamin D/Omega-3 fatty acidsespecially
热量／脂肪／纤维素／蛋白质／维生素 D／欧米加 3 脂肪酸含量高／低 contain (no)/use/be full of/be free from additives/chemical preservatives/artificial sweeteners（不）含／使用／含有大量／不含添加剂／化学防腐剂／人工甜味剂 avoid/cut down on/cut out alcohol/caffeine/fatty foods避免摄取／减少／戒酒／咖啡因／高脂食物 stop/give up/ ( especially
NAmE quit smoking戒烟
Exercise 锻炼
( BrE take regular exercise经常锻炼 do moderate/strenuous/vigorous exercise做适度／剧烈运动 play football/hockey/tennis玩足球／曲棍球／网球 go cycling/jogging/running骑自行车；慢跑；跑步 go to/visit/ ( especially
NAmE hit/work out at the gym去健身房锻炼 strengthen/tone/train your stomach muscles增强／锻炼腹肌 contract/relax/stretch/use/work your lower-body muscles收缩／放松／伸展／使用／锻炼下肢的肌肉 build (up)/gain muscle增强肌肉 improve/increase your stamina/energy levels/physical fitness增强耐力／体能／体质 burn/consume/expend calories消耗热量
Staying healthy 保持健康
be/get/keep/stay healthy/in shape/( fitespecially
BrE 身体健康；变得／保持健康 lower your cholesterol/blood pressure降低胆固醇／血压 boost/stimulate/strengthen your immune system增强免疫力 prevent/reduce the risk of heart disease/high blood pressure/diabetes/osteoporosis预防／减少患心脏病／高血压／糖尿病／骨质疏松的风险 reduce/relieve/manage/combat stress缓解／控制压力 enhance/promote relaxation/physical and mental well-being有助于身体放松／身心健康