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小词详解 | indebted
indebted 英 [ɪnˈdetɪd] 美 [ɪnˈdetɪd]
Underestimating how long someone will live can be costly, as overgenerous governments and indebted private pension schemes have been discovering.
低估一个人能活多久可能要付出高昂的代价——过度大方的政府和负债累累的私人养老金计划已经发现了这一点。
——《经济学人》The European Central Bank said Wednesday that it would take new steps to ward against spiraling borrowing costs in some highly indebted European countries.
欧洲央行周三表示,将采取新措施来防止一些负债累累的欧洲国家的借贷成本急剧攀升。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 负债的
该濒临破产的公司欠下银行巨额债务。
The moribund company is heavily indebted to the bank.
我深深感激所有治疗过我的医生和护士。
I am deeply indebted to all thedoctors and nurses who treated me.
The day will close almost before you are aware it has begun; and you are indebted to no one for helping you to get rid of one vacant moment: you have had to seek no one's company, conversation, sympathy, forbearance; you have lived, in short, as an independent being ought to do.
这样,一天的日子,你几乎没有觉察它开始,就已经结束了。你就不欠谁的情,帮你消磨片刻空闲。你不必找人作伴和交谈,不必请求别人的同情和忍耐。总之,你像一个独立的人该生活的那样生活。
beholden: owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service obliged: be indebted or grateful appreciative: feeling or showing gratitude or pleasure