debt /dɛt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-VAR A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone. 债

  例：

  Three years later, he is still paying off his debts.

  三年后，他仍旧在还他的债务。

• 2. 

  → see also bad debt

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe. 负债; 还清债务

  例：

  He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses.

  赌博输的钱让他已经负债累累。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Debt is the state of owing money. 负债

  例：

  ...a monthly report on the amount of debt owed by consumers.

  …一份消费者欠款数额月报。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT 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. 人情债 [正式]

  例：

  He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him.

  那时他对我太好了，我永远都还不清欠他的人情债。

  例：

  I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help.

  我欠乔伊斯·汤普森一份感谢之情，他谨慎杰出的研究是极大的帮助。