debt

noun

1. 借款；欠款；债务
   a sum of money that sb owes
   1. 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。
   2. an outstanding debt of £300
      300英镑有待偿还的债务
   3. 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. 负债情况
   the situation of owing money, especially when you cannot pay
   1. He died heavily in debt .
      他死时负债累累。
   2. The club is £4 million in debt .
      这家俱乐部负债400万英镑。
   3. We were poor but we never got into debt .
      我们穷是穷，但从不负债。
   4. It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student.
      当学生很难不负债。
   5. a country's foreign debt burden
      国家的外债负担
3. 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
   1. to owe a debt of gratitude to sb
      欠某人的情
   2. 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。

1. See also: Three years later, he is still paying off his debts... Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt. ...reducing the country's $18 billion foreign debt. bad debt
2. N-UNCOUNT 负债（状态）
   Debt is the state of owing money.
   1. Stress is a main reason for debt.
      重压是负债的一个主要原因。
3. N-COUNT (表示感激）我欠你个人情/我受你的恩惠
   You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you.
   1. He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him...
      他对我太好了，我永远也还不清这份人情。
   2. I owe a debt 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。
   3. I know I shall feel for ever in her debt.
      我知道我将会永远感激她。

1. The meeting produced the usual bromides about macroeconomic policy, third-world debt and the environment.
   会议上提出的还是那些惯常讨论的老套话题——宏观经济政策、第三世界债务和环境问题。
2. They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt
   他们最终能捞回全部或大部分的债务。
3. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt
   他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
4. Three years later, he is still paying off his debts
   都3年了，他仍在偿还债务。
5. Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
   经济收缩意味着税收的减少和政府债务的增加。
6. Stress is a main reason for debt.
   重压是负债的一个主要原因。
7. He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him
   他对我太好了，我永远也还不清这份人情。
8. I owe a debt 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。
9. I know I shall feel for ever in her debt.
   我知道我将会永远感激她。
10. He is out of a job and up to his eyeballs in debt.
    他失业了，而且债台高筑。
11. The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt
    部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
12. He limited payments on the country's foreign debt
    他对该国外债的偿还作出了限制。
13. I owe a big debt of gratitude to her.
    我对她万分感激。
14. It might go part way to repaying the debt.
    债可能会还掉一部分。
15. Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it
    你的债务情况只是暂时的，你有能力解决好。
16. The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.
    这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。
17. The bottom chart shows the ratio of personal debt to personal income
    下面的图表显示了个人负债与个人收入之比。
18. I owe them a debt that cannot easily be repaid.
    我欠他们一笔钱，不容易偿还。
19. Brazil is putting forward a new debt repayment plan.
    巴西即将提出一个新的债务偿付计划。
20. The war devastated the economy and saddled the country with a huge foreign debt.
    战争拖垮了经济，使该国欠下了巨额外债。
21. Almost a quarter of the country's export earnings go to service a foreign debt of$ 29 billion.
    该国几乎1/4的出口收入都用来支付290亿美元外债的利息了。
22. The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe's leaders on third world debt
    坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。
23. The rest of the world struggles on with its perpetual problems, poverty and debt.
    世界上其他国家仍在苦苦同永恒的贫困和债务问题作斗争。
24. I finally sat down to tot up the full extent of my debt
    我终于坐下来把我的全部债务合计了一下。
25. Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.
    詹姆斯先生说服银行同意注销一大笔债务。
26. I'm now up to my ears in debt and dare not borrow any more money.
    我现在是债台高筑，再也不敢借钱了。
27. He was very easy with me on that debt.
    在这笔债务上他对我很宽厚。
28. I owe you a debt of gratitude which I shall never be able to repay.
    我永远报答不尽你的恩情。
29. Odious debt is not repayable.
    恶债不予偿还。
30. I'll pay off my debt with this check.
    我将用这张支票清偿欠债。

n.

be in sb's debt

• 欠某人的人情债；受某人的恩惠；感激某人
  to feel grateful to sb for their help, kindness, etc.

noun

1. an obligation to pay or do something

2. money or goods or services owed by one person to another

3. the state of owing something (especially money)
   1. he is badly in debt