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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。
欠人情的；受惠的；负有义务的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
欠人情的；受惠的；负有义务的
under a moral obligation to someone
I don't want to be beholden to anyone.
我不想欠任何人的人情。
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.
After they helped me move, I felt beholden to them.
他们帮我搬家后，我觉得欠了他们人情。
She accepted the job but was careful not to become beholden to her boss.
她接受了这份工作，但小心不要对老板背负义务。
We are beholden to the volunteers who gave up their weekend.
我们欠那些放弃周末的志愿者一份人情。
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。
for 后接所欠恩惠的具体内容。
She is beholden to her uncle for his financial support.
她因叔叔的经济支持而欠他一份人情。
feel beholden 强调主观上有亏欠感。
He felt beholden to his mentor.
他觉得自己欠导师的人情。
Not this
I am behold to you for your kindness.
Use this
I am beholden to you for your kindness.
beholden 是形容词，不要误写成动词 behold（意为“看见”），去掉 -en 会变成另一个词，词性和意思都不对。
Not this
I beholden to you for your support.
Use this
I am beholden to you for your support.
beholden 是形容词，前面必须有系动词 am/is/are 等；中文“我感激你”经常省略“是”，直接照搬会漏掉 be 动词。
Not this
She is beholden with you for your help.
Use this
She is beholden to you for your help.
beholden 表示“欠某人人情”时用固定介词 to 引出受惠对象，不能按中文“对你”直译成 with。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
在政治上受制于人的；负有政治义务的
The committee is politically beholden to the mayor.
该委员会在政治上受制于市长。
欠…人情；感激…
I don't want to be beholden to anyone for my success.
我不想为我的成功欠任何人的人情。
不欠任何人的人情；独立自主
After paying off the loan, he was beholden to no one.
还清贷款后，他不欠任何人的人情了。
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联想 beholden 为 be+holden（被握住）：被恩情握住，即受惠而负有义务。
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。
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.