debt的经典引文 debt的经典引文是什么

1. 债，借款，债务，欠款，欠账
2. 情义，恩义，恩，恩情
3. 负债，负债情况
4. 【宗】罪，罪孽
5. 人情债

1. the state of owing something (especially money);

   "he is badly in debt"
   

2. money or goods or services owed by one person to another
3. an obligation to pay or do something

1.债务;欠款
Adebt is a sum of money that you owe someone.

e.g. Three years later, he is still paying off his debts...
都3年了，他仍在偿还债务。
e.g. Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more governmentdebt.
经济收缩意味着税收的减少和政府债务的增加。

2.负债（状态）
Debt is the state of owing money.

e.g. Stress is a main reason fordebt.
重压是负债的一个主要原因。

3.(表示感激）我欠你个人情/我受你的恩惠
You usedebt in expressions such asI owe you a debt orI am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you.

e.g. He was so good to me that I can never repay thedebt I owe him...
他对我太好了，我永远也还不清这份人情。
e.g. I owe adebt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help...
我要衷心地感谢乔伊斯·汤普森先生，他严谨而卓著的研究给予了我极大的帮助。

be in〔out of〕 debt

欠〔不欠〕债 owe〔not owe〕 a lot of money

be in sb's debt

欠某人的情 feel grateful to sb for his help,kindness,etc.

• It was my greatest ambition..to save money enough with which to pay this debt.

  出自：B. T. Washington

• To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的dete；最初源自古典拉丁语的debere：de (分开） + habere (拥有），意为拥有权力被分开。