應(yīng)該感謝; 把…歸功于 feel grateful to; attribute the success to
owe sth to sb/sth
He owes a lot of money to Mr. Smith.
他欠史密斯先生許多錢。
He owes 50 yuan to his friend.
他欠朋友50元錢。
The plant still owes $50,000 to the bank.
這家工廠仍欠銀行5萬(wàn)美元。
Twenty yuan is owed to him.
欠他20元錢。
owe sth to sb/sth
He gave me a lot of help.I owed much to him.
他給我許多幫助,我非常感激他。
We owe to Newton the principle of gravitation.
萬(wàn)有引力原理的發(fā)現(xiàn)應(yīng)歸功于牛頓。
The girl owed her life to the life guard who saved her from the sea.
多虧救生員把她從海里救了出來(lái),這個(gè)女孩才幸免于難。
He owes his success to hard work and patience.
他的成功全靠努力和耐心。
He owes his success to good luck more than ability.
他的成功多半靠幸運(yùn),少半靠能力。
She owes her beauty to artificial assistance.
她的美全靠打扮。
He owes it to his doctor\\\'s care that he is quite well again.
他再次痊愈是靠醫(yī)生的關(guān)懷。
He owes his good health to plenty of exercise and a regular life.
他把他身體健康歸功于充分鍛煉和生活有規(guī)律。
owe it to oneself/sb to-v/that-clause
We owe it to society to make our country a better place.
把國(guó)家建設(shè)得更美好是我們對(duì)社會(huì)應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。
I owe it to you that I finished my work in time.
多虧得你幫助,我才及時(shí)完成了工作。
I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.
虧得你我才大難不死。
We owe it to Marconi and Bell that we can now talk to the people on the other side of the world.
今天我們之所以能夠和遠(yuǎn)在天涯海角的人通話,應(yīng)歸功于馬可尼和貝爾。
It was altogether owing it to himself that James won the prize.
詹姆斯獲獎(jiǎng)完全是靠自己的努力。