单词 | due |
释义 | due (once / 40 pages) nadjadv Things that are due are owed — it's time to come up with them. Loans, library books, and school assignments usually have a due date. The first question students usually ask when given an assignment is "When is it due?" The word due has to do with deadlines and things that are owed. When you're time is up on a library book, it's due. Many bills — such as cable and phone bills — are due once a month. If you miss a due date, you could be in trouble: you might get a bad grade on your paper or the cable guy might take away your favorite stations. WORD FAMILYdue: duely, dues, duly, endue, overdue, subdue, undue+/duly: dulys/endue: endued, endues, enduing/subduable: unsubduable/subdue: subduable, subdued, subduer, subdues, subduing/subdued: subduedly, subduedness, unsubdued/subduer: subduers/undue: unduely, unduly/unsubduable: unsubduably USAGE EXAMPLESPrior to his injury, Ross split time between receiver and cornerback due to depth concerns. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Most of these cases are due to pneumonia being misdiagnosed as malaria. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Sparks police say 43-year-old Tom Anderson complained of possible hypothermia due to exposure after he was transported to police headquarters following Monday’s arrest. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n that which is deserved or owed give the devil his due Hyper right an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature 2n a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership) the society dropped him for non-payment of dues Hyper fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) 3adj owed and payable immediately or on demand payment is due Syn|Ant callable subject to a demand for payment before due date cod, collectpayable by the recipient on delivery collectable, collectible, payablesubject to or requiring payment especially as specified delinquent, overduepast due; not paid at the scheduled time receivableawaiting payment out-of-pocketcalling for the spending of cash repayablesubject to repayment undue not yet payable 4adj scheduled to arrive the train is due in 15 minutes Syn expected considered likely or probable to happen or arrive 5adj suitable to or expected in the circumstances all due respect due cause to honor them a long due promotion in due course due esteem exercising due care Ant undue not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances 6adj capable of being assigned or credited to the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain Syn ascribable, imputable, referable attributable capable of being attributed 7adv directly or exactly; straight went due North |
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