beholden

• adj. 负有义务的；蒙恩的；对…表示感谢的

前缀be-, 强调。hold, 维持，持有。-en, 使。使长期维持的，感激的。

1. under a moral obligation to someone

beholden (adj.)

"under obligation," mid-14c., originally past participle of behold (and preserving the original past participle of hold), but a sense directly related to this usage is not recorded among the many and varied meanings attested for behold.

She didn't like to be beholden to anyone.

她不愿欠任何人的情。

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I am greatly beholden to you for your kindness.

承蒙厚爱,十分感激.

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We feel really beholden to them for what they've done.

对他们所做的一切，我们真是感激不尽。

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We are much beholden to you for your help.

我们对于你的帮助深为感激.

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I am much beholden to you for your kindness.

承蒙厚爱,不胜铭感.

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We were much beholden to him for his kindness.

我们对他的好意感激万分.

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I am much beholden to you for your help.

对于你的帮助我有太多的亏欠了.

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A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse.

[谚]狮子也有受惠于老鼠的时候.

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I am beholden to you for your kindness.

承蒙厚爱,不胜感激.

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I am beholden to you for your advice.

对您的忠告我很感激.

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The mainstream left was beholden to its militants, union friends and class warriors.

主流的左派依赖于好战者 、 盟友以及阶级战士.

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He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them.

他配合国王和大臣们的工作,但并不感到蒙恩于其.

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In comparison with earths, demand for minor metals is less beholden to China, traders say.

贸易商表示,与稀土元素相比, 全球对稀有金属的需求不那么受制于中国.

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He's too beholden to the military and the other people who put him in power.

他对将他推上台的军队和其他人有太深的感激之情.

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