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beholden 音標拼音: [bɪh'oldən] a. 負有義務的,有所虧欠的 負有義務的,有所虧欠的 beholden adj 1: under a moral obligation to someoneBehold \ Be* hold"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Beheld}( p. p. formerly { Beholden}, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. { Beholding}.] [ OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See { Hold}.] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. [ 1913 Webster] When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. -- Num. xxi. 9. [ 1913 Webster] Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- John. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern. [ 1913 Webster]
Beholden \ Be* hold" en\, p. a. [ Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. [ 1913 Webster] But being so beholden to the Prince. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " beholden": acknowledging, appreciative, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, crediting, duty- bound, grateful, in debt, in duty bound, indebted, indebted to, much obliged, obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to, pledged, saddled, sensible, thankful, tied, under obligation
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