beholden

US [bɪˈhoʊld(ə)n]
UK [bɪˈhəʊld(ə)n]
  • adj.感谢；欠人情
  • Web感激；蒙恩的；表示感谢

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beholden
adj.
1.
~ to sb (for sth)
（因受恩惠而心存）感激，感谢；欠人情owing sth to sb because of sth that they have done for you
She didn't like to be beholden to anyone.
她不愿欠任何人的情。

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Definition:
AllAll,感谢感谢,欠人情欠人情,感激感激,蒙恩的蒙恩的,表示感谢表示感谢
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1.
" Work habits began to constrain vacation habits , " he said . "We became more beholden to work and that drove vacation around weekends. "
他说：“在当时，工作习惯开始限制度假方式。人们更加感激工作所得，因此利用周末出游成为趋势。”
tā shuō : " zài dāng shí , gōng zuò xí guàn kāi shǐ xiàn zhì dù jià fāng shì 。 rén men gèng jiā gǎn jī gōng zuò suǒ dé , yīn cǐ lì yòng zhōu mò chū yóu chéng wéi qū shì 。 "
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2.
But the fact remains that Annaly is beholden to the repo market, as well as being heavily exposed to any shift in interest rates.
然而依然未变的一个事实是，Annaly太过依赖回购协议市场，它在利率变动方面的风险敞口太大。
rán ér yī rán wèi biàn de yī gè shì shí shì , Annaly tài guò yī lài huí gòu xié yì shì chǎng , tā zài lì lǜ biàn dòng fāng miàn de fēng xiǎn chǎng kǒu tài dà 。
chinese.wsj.com
3.
Its next boss should make clear that the IMF will be more useful to all its members the less beholden it is to any one of them.
下任IMF掌舵者应当明确一点：IMF欠任一成员国的“债”越少，它对所有成员国的用处就越大。
xià rèn IMF zhǎng duò zhě yīng dāng míng què yì diǎn : IMF qiàn rèn yī chéng yuán guó de " zhài " yuè shǎo , tā duì suǒ yǒu chéng yuán guó de yòng chu jiù yuè dà 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
Marnie: Well, I believe that we have invested in building a community of participants who are beholden to one another and not to use.
Marnie：这个。。。我认为，我们倾力于建立一个互相支持而不是互相利用的参与者社区。
Marnie : zhè ge 。 。 。 wǒ rèn wéi , wǒ men qīng lì yú jiàn lì yī gè hù xiāng zhī chí ér bú shì hù xiāng lì yòng de cān yù zhě shè qū 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
He set up a dual-class voting structure that would make him less beholden to any public shareholders.
扎克伯格建立了双重投票机制，使得自己日后不会太多受到其他普通股东的影响。
zhā kè bó gé jiàn lì le shuāng chóng tóu piào jī zhì , shǐ de zì jǐ rì hòu bú huì tài duō shòu dào qí tā pǔ tōng gǔ dōng de yǐng xiǎng 。
www.cuyoo.com
6.
Only companies of a certain size are beholden to the FMLA, which offers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a 12-month period.
只有具备一定规模的企业才执行这一法案。按照FMLA的规定，这些企业提供在一年内12周无薪休假。
zhǐ yǒu jù bèi yí dìng guī mó de qǐ yè cái zhí xíng zhè yī fǎ àn 。 àn zhào FMLA de guī dìng , zhè xiē qǐ yè tí gōng zài yī nián nèi shí èr zhōu wú xīn xiū jià 。
www.chinadaily.com.cn
7.
We were much beholden to him FOR his kindness.
我们对他的好意感激万分。
wǒ men duì tā de hǎo yì gǎn jī wàn fēn 。
dict.ebigear.com
8.
Firefox is open source and its development schedule is managed by a development community not beholden to one commercial entity.
火狐是开源的，其开发规程由一个不受制于商业公司的社区管理。
huǒ hú shì kāi yuán de , qí kāi fā guī chéng yóu yī gè bù shòu zhì yú shāng yè gōng sī de shè qū guǎn lǐ 。
www.linux-ren.org
9.
Yet in ways that researchers are just beginning to appreciate, we humans are beholden to our ears.
然而，研究者们通过好几种方式逐渐开始认识到耳朵对我们人类的意义。
rán ér , yán jiū zhě men tōng guò hǎo jǐ zhǒng fāng shì zhú jiàn kāi shǐ rèn shi dào ěr duo duì wǒ men rén lèi de yì yì 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
If you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election.
如果你们不能接受政府的决策让出价高的人受惠，那么你们一定要在大选之日挺直自己的腰板。
rú guǒ nǐ men bù néng jiē shòu zhèng fǔ de jué cè ràng chū jià gāo de rén shòu huì , nà me nǐ men yí dìng yào zài dà xuǎn zhī rì tǐng zhí zì jǐ de yāo bǎn 。
blog.sina.com.cn
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