owe
英 [??]
美[o]
- vt. 欠；感激；應(yīng)給予；應(yīng)該把……歸功于
- vi. 欠錢(qián)
- n. (Owe)人名；(瑞典、挪)奧弗
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?owes;過(guò)去式:?owed;過(guò)去分詞:?owed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?owing;
助記提示
1. 反義同源/反義同根：owe <==> own.
2. 一個(gè)是由別人擁有、一個(gè)是由自己擁有。
2. 一個(gè)是由別人擁有、一個(gè)是由自己擁有。
中文詞源
owe 欠債，欠賬，歸因于
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)agan,擁有，所有，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*aigan,占有，來(lái)自PIE*aik,掌握，掌管，詞源同ought,own.其現(xiàn)義來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)agan to geldanne,用擁有的去支付或償還，即own to yield.從而與own產(chǎn)生詞義上的差別。
英文詞源
- 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 ?ga, 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.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
- 我破產(chǎn)了，莉薇，而且我欠了幾百萬(wàn)美元的債。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.
- 我對(duì)她萬(wàn)分感激。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. You owe a certain person a sum of money.
- 你欠某人一筆錢(qián)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. 85 percent of all American households owe money on mortgages.
- 85%的美國(guó)家庭背有按揭債務(wù).
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. You owe it to yourself to get some professional help.
- 你應(yīng)該為了自己尋求專(zhuān)業(yè)人士的幫助。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句