owing
owing — 形容詞
- owingpositive
- more owingcomparative
- most owingsuperlative
1. describes money that someone is supposed to give back or hand over but has not y
未付的；欠繳
錢款應付而尚未繳清
describes money that someone is supposed to give back or hand over but has not yet handed over; typically placed after the amount it refers to, as in '$200 still owing'
Élise checked the invoice and saw that two months' rent was still owing.
Élise 看了帳單，發現還有兩個月的房租未付。
predicative: [amount] + is/was + still owing
Haruto told the landlord he would clear the small balance owing by Friday afternoon.
Haruto 告訴房東，週五下午前會把剩下這筆未繳清的小金額補上。
post-noun modifier: [amount] + owing
According to the bank statement, there is roughly four hundred dollars owing on the credit card.
依據銀行對帳單，信用卡上大約還有四百美元未付。
there is/are + [amount] + owing on + [account]
Salma refused to sign the contract until every penny owing to her brother had been paid back.
Salma 堅持要等到她哥哥被欠的每一分錢都付清，才願意簽下這份合約。
[amount] + owing to + [person] for money owed to them
The shop closed last week with several thousand pounds owing to its regular suppliers.
那家店上星期歇業時，仍積欠固定供應商好幾千英鎊未付。
[amount] + owing to + [creditor]
- amount owing
- balance owing
- rent owing
- still owing
- owing to (someone)
- outstanding
very close in meaning; slightly more common in business writing — 'an outstanding balance' is fine attributively, unlike 'owing'.
- unpaid
broader; can be attributive ('unpaid bills') and is the everyday word a learner should reach for first.
- overdue
adds the idea that the deadline has already passed, not just that the money is still owed.
文法句型
money + is/remains owing
amount + still owing
用法筆記
Predicative or post-nominal only — say 'the amount still owing', not 'the owing amount'. Subject is almost always money, rent, tax, or a balance; the creditor is introduced with 'to' (owing to the bank, owing to suppliers).