debt

1. N-VAR A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone. 債

Three years later, he is still paying off his debts. 三年後，他仍舊在還他的債務。

2. →see also bad debt

3. PHRASE If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe. 負債; 還清債務

He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses. 賭博輸的錢讓他已經負債累累。

4. N-UNCOUNT Debt is the state of owing money. 負債

...a monthly report on the amount of debt owed by consumers. …一份消費者欠款數額月報。

5. N-COUNT You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you. 人情債[正式]

He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him. 那時他對我太好了，我永遠都還不清欠他的人情債。

I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help. 我欠喬伊斯·湯普森一份感謝之情，他謹慎傑出的研究是極大的幫助。