owe

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əʊ/    美 /oʊ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. ditransitive
    — We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
  2. To have debt; to be in debt. intransitive
  3. To have as a cause; used with to. transitive
    — The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

词形变化

owes present,singular,third-person owing participle,present owed past ought archaic,past owed participle,past ought archaic,participle,past own archaic,participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
how much do I owe you owe it to oneself owe out ower owe someone one the world owes one a living to what do I owe the pleasure

词源

From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought.
Cognate with Sanskrit ईष्टे (īṣṭe, “to own, possess”).
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