debt

英 [det] 美 [det]

• n. 债务；恩情；负债状态；义务；罪

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]债,债务,欠他人的东西

   sth owed to sb else

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 债，借款，债务，欠款，欠账
2. 情义，恩义，恩，恩情
3. 负债，负债情况
4. 【宗】罪，罪孽
5. 人情债

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of owing something (especially money);

   "he is badly in debt"
   

2. money or goods or services owed by one person to another

3. an obligation to pay or do something

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He promised to pay his debt within a month.
   他保证在1个月内偿还债务。
2. If I pay all my debts I'll have no money.
   我若还请所有欠债就分文不剩了。
3. We owe you a debt of gratitude for you help.
   承蒙帮助，感恩不尽。
4. The company is deep in debt.
   这家公司正负债累累。
5. We'll run into debt if you spend more than our income.
   要是你花的比我们挣的还多，我们就要欠债了。
6. You have an obligation to pay your debt to society.
   你有义务偿还对社会的债务。
7. Liabilities are the obligatio or debt that a busine must pay in money or services at some time in the future.
   负债是指将来需用货币或服务偿还的债务或履行的义务。
8. He's in debt to the extent of200.
   请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑。
9. They said that they would drop the charges if we paid off the debt.
   他们说还清欠款就可以顶罪了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. You must spend less until your debts are paid off.
   你必须少花钱，先把债还清。
2. Her debts amount to over $ 1000.
   她欠的钱超过1000美元。
3. He had run up more debts for food supplies.
   他为贮备粮食而借了更多的债。
4. I must pay my debts.
   我得还我的欠账。
5. If I pay all my debts,I shall have no money left.
   如果我把所有的债还了，我就分文不剩。
6. I need to pay off all my debts before I leave the country,
   我得在离开该国之前清偿所有的债务。
7. After she lost her job, she got into debt.
   失业后她开始欠债。
8. We were poor but we never got into debt.
   我们穷是穷，但从不负债。
9. Many people experience difficulty in paying off their debts.
   许多人在还债时都遇到困难。
10. She agreed to settle her sister's debts.
    她同意还清她姐姐的债务。
11. The bank finally agreed to cancel the debt.
    银行最后同意把这笔债一笔勾销。
12. I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teacher.
    我想向老师表达我的感激之情。
13. Increasing government debt financed the new motorway.
    新建高速成公路的资金是靠政府增加债务来筹借的。
14. He spent more and more money, getting deeper and deeper into debt.
    他花钱越来越多，因而债也越背越重。

～+ prep. -phrase

1. I owe a debt of gratitude to my father, who has always supported me.
   我对我父亲感恩不已，他总是支持我。
2. He repaid his debt of gratitude to Jane by helping her mother.
   他为了报答简的恩情而帮助她母亲。
3. He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars.
   他积欠了数千元信用卡借款。
4. By this time we had debts of over ￡15, 000.
   到这时我们的债务已经超过15，000英镑了。
5. We owe a debt to the Royal Shakespeare Company for its magnificent production of King Lear.
   我们感谢皇家莎士比亚剧团极为出色地上演《李尔王》。

经典引文

• It was my greatest ambition..to save money enough with which to pay this debt.

  出自： B. T. Washington

• To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt.

  出自：Hamlet , Shakespeare

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

be in〔out of〕 debt

欠〔不欠〕债 owe〔not owe〕 a lot of money

be in sb's debt

欠某人的情 feel grateful to sb for his help,kindness,etc.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• acknowledge debt 承认负债
• call in debt 收回债务
• cancel debt 取消债务
• clear a debt 还清债
• clear off one's debt 清偿债务
• clear up one's debt 清偿债务
• contract debt 借债，负债
• discharge one's debt 清偿债务
• extinguish one's debt 清偿债务
• fall into debt 负债
• get into debt 负债
• get out of debt 还债
• incur debt 招致负债
• meet one's debt 如期偿还债务
• owe sb a debt 欠某人一笔债
• pay back debt 还债
• pay off one's debt 清偿债务
• pay one's debt 偿付债款
• pay the debt of nature 死
• recover debt 收回借款
• repudiate debt 赖债
• run into debt 负债，借债
• settle a debt 还清债务
• settle one's debt 还债
• stay out of debt 不借债
• turn into debt 负债，借债
• wipe out debt 了结债务

形容词+～

• bad debt 收不回的借款
• external debt 外债
• gambling debt 赌债
• heavy debt 重债，一大笔债
• huge debt 巨额债务
• internal debt 内债
• national debt 国债
• outstanding debt 未清偿的债务
• private debt 私人债务
• public debt 公债
• unsettled debt 未清偿的债务

名词+～

• business debt 生意上的债

～+名词

• debt collector 收债人

介词+～

• concern about debts 对债务的忧虑
• free from debt 不欠债
• the amount of debts 负债总额
• apply to the payment of debts 用于付债
• clear of debt 还清债
• in debt 负债
• in debt for 欠…数目的债
• in debt to 欠某人的债
• in sb's debt 欠某人的人情
• keep out of debt 不欠债
• out of debt 不欠债
• the amount of debts 负债总额
• under heavy debt 债台高筑

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. debt可指具体意义上的欠他人的钱财或物品,用作可数名词,也可指抽象的“负债的状况”或欠他人的“人情”,此时只用于单数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的dete；最初源自古典拉丁语的debere：de (分开） + habere (拥有），意为拥有权力被分开。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bill
• debit
• obligation