(1) 1) 債(款)(amount of money owed by sb to sb else) [C]：a～of five dollars (a $5～) 五美元的債務(wù); pay (off)/discharge all one's～s 還清/償還所有的債款;run up～s 債臺(tái)高筑;have a lot of～s to meet 得處理大量債務(wù);have～s of over ￡1000 欠債1000多英鎊;Her～s amount to over $100. 她欠債達(dá)100美元;old/foreign～s 舊債/外債;2) 欠債(condition of owing money) [U]：We were poor， but we avoided～. 我們是窮，但沒(méi)有欠下債。put sb deeply in～使某人欠債累累;be (deeply/heavily) in～to sb 欠某人(很多)債;be in～to sb(for ￡100) 欠某人(100英鎊)債;be out of～不再負(fù)債;get/run deep into～欠很多債;get out of～還清債務(wù);〖同〗liability， obligation;
(2) 欠的情(obligation to sb for his help， kindness， etc) [C， 通常sing](fig)：owe sb a～of gratitude for advice/help 因某人的忠告/幫助而深懷感激之情;discharge one's～to sb for advice/kindness 報(bào)答某人的忠告/友好情誼;be in sb's～for kindness 欠某人的人情;
→′debtor n 負(fù)債人