thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break
Recent Examples on the WebThough debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 15 June 2022 Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022 China’s property woes began roughly one year ago, when new government rules caused indebted property giant Evergrande to default on outstanding bonds. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 Cripplingly indebted after 1918, Britain was well-nigh bankrupt after 1945. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 Some states, however, are faced with an acute problem: Subsidies provided by highly-indebted ones such as Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab cost them 14.1%, 10.8% and 17.8%, respectively, of their revenue receipts. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022 Lastly, and most controversially in the eyes of the traditional commodity exchanges, FTX would automatically liquidate the on-exchange assets of users who become too indebted. Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Our federal government has abused its power by passing bills that made America grossly indebted to other nations.Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English indetted, from Anglo-French endetté, past participle of endetter to run into debt, from en- + dette debt
1feeling grateful to sb感激VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel感激;心懷感激▸➤remain依然心存感激ADVERB➤deeply, greatly, much, profoundly深為/大為/非常/衷心感激➤eternally, forever永遠感激◇Thank you-I am forever indebted to you.謝謝你 - 我會對你永懷感激之情。PREPOSITION➤to感激⋯◇I am deeply indebted to all the doctors and nurses who treated me.我深深地感激所有救治我的醫生和護士。indebted
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2owing money to sb負債VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be負債▸➤remain仍然欠債ADVERB➤heavily, highly, severely負債累累;債台高築;債務深重◇The company is heavily indebted.這家公司負債累累。◇highly indebted countries債台高築的國家➤financially背負金錢債務◇I did not want to be financially indebted to him.我不想欠他的金錢債。PREPOSITION➤to欠⋯的債◇indebted to the bank欠銀行錢