debtor
debtor — 名詞
- debtorsingular
- debtorsplural
1. a person, company, or country that has borrowed money and still has to pay it ba
債務人
向他人借錢且尚未還清的個人或機構
a person, company, or country that has borrowed money and still has to pay it back to someone else.
The bank sent a letter to every debtor who had missed a payment last month.
銀行寄信給上個月每一位漏繳款項的債務人。
typical context: bank chasing late repayment
Heather felt ashamed of being a debtor, but her hospital bills had left her no choice.
Heather 對自己成為債務人感到羞愧，但醫療帳單讓她別無選擇。
collocation: be a debtor
After the factory closed, Jude became one of the company's largest debtors.
工廠倒閉後，Jude 成了該公司最大的債務人之一。
plural: largest debtors
Many poor countries are still debtors to international banks decades after taking out loans.
許多貧窮國家在貸款數十年後，至今仍是國際銀行的債務人。
pattern: debtor to + creditor
The court gave the debtor six more months to repay the remaining amount.
法院再給了這位債務人六個月的時間，把剩下的金額還清。
- major debtor
- debtor nation
- the debtor's name
- chase a debtor
- creditor
the person or organization that is owed the money
文法句型
debtor of/to + creditor
用法筆記
Countable noun, often paired with 'creditor' as its opposite. Subject is usually an individual, a company, or a country; rarely used about very small everyday loans between friends.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- debtor nation
- debtor country
- debtor's name
常用片語
- major debtor
- long-standing debtor
介系詞搭配
- debtor to
- debtor of