owe是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为vt. /vi 欠债, 感激, 由于,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I owe all to the ocean; it produces electricity, and electricity gives heat, light, motion, and, in a word, life to the Nautilus."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Besides that I owe him a grudge on that account, he thwarts me at this minute, and stands between me and an end which might otherwise prove a golden one to us all.
-- Nothing but the respect and obligation I owe to you, sir 'As it was plain that Sampson was bent on a complimentary harangue, unless he received a timely interruption, Mr Quilp politely tapped him on the crown of his head with the little saucepan, and requested that he would be so obliging as to hold his peace.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "I want none of your money," said I, "but what you owe my father.
-- This is the first glint of hope I had since the attack failed, and I owe it you.
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