indebtedness
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈdet.ɪd.nəs/ us/ɪnˈdet̬.ɪd.nəs/
(MONEY OWED)
欠债;欠债额
the condition of owing money, or the amount of money owed
Household indebtedness is at a record level. 家庭债务已经升到了新的高度。
The primary reason for the sale of the property was to reduce indebtedness. 出售该物业的主要原因是为了减少债务。
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- You may not want to stretch out your mortgage indebtedness another 30 years.
- Students are anxious to avoid long-term indebtedness.
- Saving is the lowest for almost 50 years and personal indebtedness is soaring.
- Students here have some of the highest levels of student loan indebtedness.
(HELP)
感激
a feeling of being grateful because you have been helped
The league owes a huge debt of gratitude and indebtedness to those two players. 联盟对这两名球员感激不尽。
My indebtedness to persons and institutions for help in this undertaking is huge. 在这项工作中，我对个人和机构的帮助感激不尽。
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- Dad reflects upon his years working at the garage with a sense of indebtedness.
- You see the indebtedness to Pollock, Gorky, and de Kooning in her work.
See: indebted