owe
gb/ˈoʊ/ us/ˈoʊ/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2100
tartozik, hálás, köszönhet, betudható, köszönhető
คำกริยา
A2
1
tartozik
A2
รูปแบบการใช้:
to owe [someone] [an amount of money]
I still owe the bank $5,000 for my car loan.
Még mindig 5000 dollárral tartozom a banknak az autóhitelemből.
She owes her landlord two months' rent.
Két havi bérleti díjjal tartozik a bérbeadójának.
We owe the contractor half the payment.
He owes a lot of money in back taxes.
They owe their friends for the concert tickets.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
I owe my friend $10.
10 dollárral tartozom a barátomnak.
She owes the bank money.
Pénzzel tartozik a banknak.
We owe rent this month.
He owes his sister $5.
They owe money for the food.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'owe' with 'own'. 'Owe' means you must give something (usually money) back; 'own' means you have it.
ความหมาย
Be required to pay money
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
owe money
|owe a debt
|owe rent
|owe taxes
|owe interest
คำพ้องความหมาย
be indebted to (More formal and emphasizes the state of having a debt.)
คำตรงข้าม
be owed (Refers to the opposite situation, where someone else must pay you.)
หัวข้อ
business
|daily life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
To have to give money to someone because you borrowed it or used something of theirs.
To be under a legal or moral obligation to pay money to someone for goods, services, or as a debt.
คำกริยา
B1
2
รูปแบบการใช้:
to owe [someone] [a favor / thanks / an apology]
I owe you an apology for being late.
Bocsánatkéréssel tartozom neked, amiért elkéstem.
She owes her mentor a great deal of thanks.
Nagyon hálás a mentorának.
We owe our success to the hard work of the entire team.
He owes his recovery to the quick action of the doctors.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
I owe you a big thanks.
Nagyon hálás vagyok neked.
She owes him an apology.
Bocsánatkéréssel tartozik neki.
We owe our teacher for her help.
He owes his life to the fireman.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may overuse 'owe' in contexts where 'should' is more natural, e.g., 'I owe go to the store' is incorrect.
ความหมาย
Feel moral obligation or gratitude
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
owe a favor
|owe thanks
|owe an apology
คำพ้องความหมาย
be beholden to (More formal; implies a strong sense of obligation or indebtedness.)
คำตรงข้าม
be free of obligation (Indicates no moral or social debt exists.)
หัวข้อ
emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
To feel you should help or thank someone because they helped you.
To feel that you should do something for someone because they have helped you or done something good for you.
คำกริยา
B2
3
รูปแบบการใช้:
to owe [something] to [someone/something]
He owes his career to his first teacher.
A karrierjét az első tanárának köszönheti.
The project owes its success to careful planning.
A projekt sikere a gondos tervezésnek köszönhető.
Our safety owes much to modern technology.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
I owe my job to my friend.
A munkámat a barátomnak köszönhetem.
She owes her skills to hard work.
A képességeit a kemény munkának köszönheti.
We owe our safety to the police.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse this with having a debt; here it is about cause, not payment.
ความหมาย
Attribute cause to someone/something
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
owe success to
|owe existence to
|owe results to
คำพ้องความหมาย
credit (Often used in attributing positive results, but can be broader.)
คำตรงข้าม
blame on (Opposite in that it attributes a negative cause rather than crediting.)
หัวข้อ
communication
|reasoning
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
To say that something happened because of someone or something.
To say that someone or something is the reason for a particular result or situation.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
owe
IPA
GB/ˈoʊ/
US/ˈoʊ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
owe (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (owe)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: owe
- 3rd Person Singular: owes
- Present Participle: owing
- Past: owed
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
owe it to yourself
1/ˈoʊ ˈɪt tə jʊɹsˈɛlf/
fixed phrase
Do something good for yourself
To do something that will make you happy or healthy because you deserve it.
ตัวอย่าง
- You owe it to yourself to take a break after working so hard.
- She owes it to herself to follow her dream of traveling.
owe someone one
1/ˈoʊ sˈʌmwˌʌn wˈʌn/
fixed phrase
informal
Be obligated to return a favor
To need to do something nice for someone because they did something nice for you before.
ตัวอย่าง
- Thanks for covering my shift—I owe you one!
- He helped me move last weekend, so I definitely owe him one.
owe a debt of gratitude
1/ˈoʊ ə dˈɛt əv ɡɹˈætətˌud/
fixed phrase
formal
Feel deep gratitude toward someone
To feel very thankful for what someone has done for you.
ตัวอย่าง
- We owe a debt of gratitude to the volunteers who made this event possible.
- The community owes a debt of gratitude to the firefighters.
owe a debt of gratitude
2/ˈoʊ ə dˈɛt əv ɡɹˈætətˌud/
fixed phrase
formal
Deeply thankful obligation
To feel you must thank someone very much for helping you.
ตัวอย่าง
- We owe a debt of gratitude to the doctors who saved her life.
- I owe a great debt of gratitude to my mentors.