owing

英 ['əʊɪŋ] 美 ['oʊɪŋ]

• adj. 未付的；归因于…的
• 动词owe的现在分词.

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. [P]欠着的,应付的,未付的

   still to be paid

英英释义

Adjective:

1. owed as a debt;

   "outstanding bills"
   "the amount still owed"
   "undischarged debts"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. There is still 2 dollars owing.
   还欠着2美元。
2. Some roads are closed owing to drifting.
   有些道路因积雪而封闭。
3. Owing to the rain, the match was cancelled.
   由于下雨，取消了比赛。
4. The mine was closed owing to exhaustion.
   这个煤矿因矿源枯竭而被关闭。
5. The flight was delayed owing to technical reasons.
   这次飞行由于技术的原因而被推迟。
6. Owing to their intransigent attitude we were unable to reach an agreement.
   由于他们态度僵硬,我们无法达成协议。
7. Owing to reasons known to all, contacts between our two peoples were sus-pended for over twenty years.
   由于众所周知的原因，我们两国人民间的接触中断了20多年。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作表语

S+be+～

1. There was still ten dollars owing.
   还欠十美元。
2. He paid what was owing.
   他付清了所有应付的钱。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. How much is owing to you?
   还欠你多少钱?

经典引文

• She discharged all that was owing for the children.

  出自： F. Burney

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

owing to

由于,因为because of

词汇搭配

• owing to 由于
• owe 欠（债

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

owing to, due to

• 这两个短语都可作“由于,因为”解。owing to表示的理由有直接性,常用作口语,是介词短语,在句中的位置一般没有限制; due to表示的理由同样带有直接性,但在句中多用作表语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• due
• overdue
• unsettled

【反义词】

• pay back
• repay