| 单词 | debt |
| 释义 | debtdebt /dɛt/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1[countable] money that you owe: debt of The company has debts of around $1,000,000. Brian ran up huge debts (=borrowed a lot of money) on his credit cards.repay/clear etc. a debt Denise finally paid off her debts.2[uncountable] the state of owing money: be ($10/$100/$1,000, etc.) in debt They are $40,000 in debt.be heavily/deeply etc. in debt He was out of work and deeply in debt.go/get/fall etc. into debt (=borrow more and more money)get out of debt (=pay back all the money you owe)3owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to somebody to be grateful to someone for what he or she has done for you: Our club owes a great debt of gratitude to Martha Graham.4be in somebody’s debt to be grateful that someone has done something for you, and feel that you must do something for him or her as a result: I will be forever in your debt.5a debt to somebody/something the fact that you have learned from or been influenced by someone else: the singer’s stylistic debt to Tina Turner [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French dette, from Latin debitum, from debere to owe] → see also bad debt, national debt, somebody has paid their debt to society at pay1 (12) |
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