debt

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debt /ˈdɛt/ noun

plural debts

debt

/ˈdɛt/

noun

plural debts

Learner's definition of DEBT

[count] : an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc.欠款；债务

He is trying to pay off gambling debts.他正在努力还清赌债。
The company has run up huge debts.这家公司已经债台高筑。
Their debts are piling up.他们的债务越欠越多。
She's finally paid off her mortgage debt. [=the money that she owed the bank to pay for her house]她终于还清了住房按揭贷款。
the nation's growing foreign debt [=the amount of money that a country owes other countries]国家日益增加的外债
Most of his debts are consumer debts. [=most of his debts are from buying things at stores]他的负债大多是消费欠款。

— see also national debt

[noncount] : the state of owing money to someone or something负债

He is drowning in a sea of debt. [=he owes a very large amount of money]他负债累累。
a mountain of debt巨额债务
He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt.他一直打三份工，试图摆脱债务。
The company was in debt but is now turning a profit.这家公司曾经负债，但现在赢利了。
I am deep/heavily in debt.我负债累累。
I'm thousands of dollars in debt.我欠债数千美元。
She went into debt to pay for college.为了支付大学学费，她欠了债。
I'm worried that we will fall into debt.我担心我们会背上债务。
banks with millions of dollars of bad debt [=banks that have loaned millions of dollars that will not be repaid]有数百万美元坏账的银行
a debt-ridden country [=a country with more debt than it can pay]债台高筑的国家

[count] : the fact that you have been influenced or helped by someone or something人情债；恩情；情义— usually singular通常用单数

The photographer has acknowledged a/his debt to Andy Warhol. [=the photographer has said that his work was influenced by the photographs made by Andy Warhol]这位摄影师承认他的作品深受艺术大师安迪·沃霍尔的影响。

debt to society

— used in phrases like pay your debt to society to refer to being punished for committing a crime（因犯罪）受到惩罚

after 10 years in prison, he has paid his debt to society and is a free man.经过10年的监禁，他已受到应有的惩罚，现在是一个自由人了。

◊ If you are in someone's debt, you are very thankful for something that someone has done for you.感激某人

: to have a good reason to be very grateful to (someone)万分感激（某人）；欠（某人）恩情

The whole town owes a debt of gratitude to the people who organized the parade.全镇居民都对游行庆典的组织者心存感激。