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debt
债务;欠款
核心释义
money, goods, or services that one person or entity owes and must pay to another, typically because of a loan or financial transaction
- 1.
对他人有义务的行为、心态或物品
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
- 2.
欠债的状态(尤指金钱)
the state of owing something (especially money)
- 3.
欠他人某物的状态或条件
The state or condition of owing something to another.
- 4.
一人欠另一人的金钱、货物或服务
money or goods or services owed by one person to another
- 5.
个人或实体因贷款或其他金融交易而欠他人的钱
Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
- 6.
付款或做某事的义务
an obligation to pay or do something
- 7.
为追回某一特定金额而进行的法律诉讼
An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due
负债;欠债;义务;人情债;债务诉讼;索债之诉;对他人有义务的行为、心态或物品;欠债的状态(尤指金钱)
用法In use
He is trying to pay off his debt as quickly as possible.
用法提示:名词,指欠别人的钱或欠款
The national debt has reached a record high this year.
用法提示:名词,指国家层面的债务
She borrowed money from friends to cover her debt.
用法提示:名词,表示需要偿还的款项
he is badly in debt
be in debt
表示欠债的状态。
He is in debt.
他负债。
pay off a debt
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- in debt
- 负债
- After buying the house, they were deep in debt.买了房子后,他们负债累累。
- pay off debt
- 还清债务
- She worked two jobs to pay off her debt.她打两份工来还清债务。
- national debt
- 国债
- The national debt continues to rise each year.国债每年都在增加。
- bad debt
- 坏账
- The company wrote off $1 million in bad debt.该公司注销了100万美元的坏账。
- debt relief
- 债务减免
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆:debt 中字母 b 不发音,联想债务像被埋藏(buried)一样无声。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于财务、法律和个人欠款场景,正式和非正式场合都常见,语域中性。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词指具体债务,不可数名词指负债状态;常与介词 of, to 连用;in debt 为固定短语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with debt (bet, set, let) share the same /ɛt/ sound. Be cautious with words like doubt, subtle, and debut which look similar but have different pronunciations.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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