Word · Frequency #22137
beholden
欠人情的；受惠的；负有义务的
核心释义
under a moral obligation to someone
- 1.
负有义务的；受惠的,感激的。
Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
负有义务的；受惠的,感激的。；负有义务的；受惠的
用法In use
After they helped me move, I felt beholden to them.
用法提示：beholden 常与 to 连用，表示‘欠人情、受惠于心’。
She accepted the job but was careful not to become beholden to her boss.
用法提示：beholden 作表语，描述对某人有道德义务的状态。
We are beholden to the volunteers who gave up their weekend.
用法提示：beholden 后接 to 引出对象，表示受惠、负有感激义务。
be beholden to sb
beholden 通常作表语，不放在名词前作定语。
I don't want to be beholden to anyone.
我不想欠任何人的人情。
be beholden to sb for sth
for 后接所欠恩惠的具体内容。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be beholden to someone
- 欠某人人情；受惠于某人
- She did not want to be beholden to her uncle for paying her tuition.她不想因叔叔替她付学费而欠他人情。
- feel beholden
- 感到亏欠；觉得欠人情
- I feel beholden to repay their kindness.我觉得欠他们一份人情，必须报答他们的好意。
- not beholden to anyone
- 不欠任何人的人情；不受任何人支配
- He answers only to his conscience and is not beholden to anyone.他只对自己的良心负责，不受任何人支配。
- become beholden to
- 开始欠…人情；变得受惠于
- By accepting the loan, she became beholden to a powerful lender.由于接受了这笔贷款，她开始欠一个有权势的放贷人的人情。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 beholden 为 be+holden（被握住）：被恩情握住，即受惠而负有义务。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal letters、formal speeches、literary texts beholden 属于正式用语，通常用于正式信函、演讲或文学性文本中，表示因受人恩惠而觉得有义务或感激；日常口语中较少使用，改用 grateful 更自然。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word exactly rhymes with beholden as given (/biˈhəudən/). The -olden lookalikes olden, golden, and embolden all have /əʊldən/, with an extra /l/, so they are not exact rhymes. Behind and behave share only the unstressed initial /bɪ/ sound; do not judge rhyme from spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.