1. | [c] 借款;欠款;债务a sum of money that sb owes |
I need to pay off all my debts before I leave the country. 我得在离开该国前偿清所有债务。 | |
an outstanding debt of £300 有待偿还的 300 英镑债务 | |
He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars. 他积欠了数千元的信用卡借款。 |
2. | [u] 负债情况the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay |
He died heavily in debt . 他死时负债累累。 | |
The club is £4 million in debt . 这家俱乐部负债 400 万英镑。 | |
We were poor but we never got into debt . 我们穷是穷,但从不负债。 | |
It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student. 当学生很难不负债。 | |
a country's foreign debt burden 国家的外债负担 |
3. | [c][ususing] 人情债;情义;恩情the fact that you should feel grateful to sb because they have helped you or been kind to you |
to owe a debt of gratitude to sb 欠某人的情 | |
I would like to acknowledge my debt to my teachers. 我想向我的老师表达我的感激之情。 |