核心畫面
You can picture owe as carrying a debt that you are bound to give back. Something of value passed from them to you, and now there is a string attached: you are to return it. At its most concrete it is money you must repay; from there the 'thing owed' into a favour, an apology, your gratitude, your loyalty — but the picture stays the same: a balance tilted toward someone, waiting to be settled.
可以想成「背著一筆非還不可的債」。有某種有價值的東西從對方流到你這邊，於是綁上了一條線：你有義務把它還回去。最具體的…更多收起
可以想成「背著一筆非還不可的債」。有某種有價值的東西從對方流到你這邊，於是綁上了一條線：你有義務把它還回去。最具體的版本是該還的錢；再往外，那個「欠的東西」就軟化成一份人情、一句道歉、你的感激、你的忠誠——但畫面始終一樣：天平朝某人那邊傾斜，等著被擺平。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oweverb/əʊ/
- 1
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
- We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
- I owe Kevin five bucks which he lent to me last week.
- 2
To have debt; to be in debt.
- 3
To have as a cause; used with to.
- The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。