beholden

音标发音

• 英式音标 [bɪˈhəʊl.dən]
• 美式音标 [bɪˈhoʊl.dən]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 负有义务的；蒙恩的；对…表示感谢的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• If the designer implements his own designs, he is beholden to two different goals: Clean code and great user experience.
  如果设计师实现自己的设计，他会受制于两个不同的目标：代码的整洁和良好的用户体验。
• And if you do not do this, know that you are beholden to render an account before your Lord God Jesus Christ on the day of Judgment.
  如果你们不这么做的话，要知道，你们在审判日的时候是要在我们的主耶稣基督面前在祂的注视下交账的。
• His opponents saw his presence there as an illustration of their claim that he is beholden to the generals, who have no intention of loosening their grip on Thailand.
  他的政敌将他出现在军营视为他们要求军方将领有责任保护总理的画面，而这些将领一直无意放松他们对泰国的控制。

权威例句

• There are so many people in North Carolina beholden to Art Pope—it undermines the democratic process.
  NEWYORKER: State for Sale
• Two New Yorkers who were beholden to Murdoch were former Mayors Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani.
  FORBES: What Goes Around Comes Around to Rupert Murdoch
• In this climate, the social enterprise becomes less structured, less beholden to position and hierarchy.
  FORBES: How Social Media Is Changing The Enterprise and Politics

词组短语

短语

• Beholden heart 高举虔诚感激的心灵
• Beholden Decide 涕零
• beholden detail 有所亏欠的
• Beholden heart in thou hands 心怀感激

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• feeling you have a duty to someone because they have done something for you

柯林斯英英字典

• If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you. ...