owe/əʊ/
vt., vi.owed, owing1. （常与for连用）欠， 欠债The food cost ￡4 , but I only paid ￡3 so I still owe ￡1.食品要4英镑，可我只付了3英镑，因此我还欠1英镑。
I owe you an apology.我该向你道歉。
2. 对…负有义务；感恩；感激We owe our parents a lot.我们十分感激父母。
3. （常与to连用）归功于；由于She owes her success to good luck.她把成功归功于幸运。
The young writer owed his success to his teacher's encouragement.年轻作家把自己的成功归于他老师的鼓励。