| 单词 | due |
| 释义 | due (djuː , US duː ) Word forms: dues 1. phrase B1 If an event is due to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing. The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery. [+ to] If the trip is a success, a lot of this will be due to Mr Green's efforts. 2. phrase B1 You can say due to to introduce the reason for something happening. Some speakers of English believe that it is not correct to use due to in this way. Due to the large volume of letters he receives Dave regrets he is unable to answer queries personally. [+ to] Jobs could be lost in the defence industry due to political changes sweeping Europe. 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B1+ If something is due at a particular time, it is expected to happen, be done, or arrive at that time. The results are due at the end of the month. The first price increases are due to come into force in July. Her first novel is due out in May. Mr Carter is due in London on Monday. ...customers who paid later than twenty days after the due date. Synonyms: expected, scheduled, awaited, expected to arrive 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Due attention or consideration is the proper, reasonable, or deserved amount of it under the circumstances. After due consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents. I hope people will use the footpaths and treat them with due attention. 5. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] Something that is due, or that is due to someone, is owed to them, either as a debt or because they have a right to it. I was sent a cheque for £1,525 and advised that no further pension was due. I've got some leave due to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight. [+ to] Synonyms: payable, outstanding, owed, owing Due is also a preposition. He had not taken a summer holiday that year but had accumulated the leave due him. 6. adjective If someone is due for something, that thing is planned to happen or be given to them now, or very soon, often after they have been waiting for it for a long time. She was due for a follow-up appointment. He was not due for release until 2020. [+ for] Due is also a preposition. I reckon I'm due one of my travels. 7. plural noun [oft poss NOUN] Dues are sums of money that you give regularly to an organization that you belong to, for example a social club or trade union, in order to pay for being a member. Only 18 of the U.N.'s 180 members had paid their dues by the January deadline. Synonyms: right(s), privilege, entitlement, deserts 8. adverb Due is used before the words 'north', 'south', 'east', or 'west' to indicate that something is in exactly the direction mentioned. They headed due north. The Thames flows due south from Oxford, through the market town of Abingdon. ...a mining town 40 miles due east of Los Angeles. Synonyms: directly, dead, straight, exactly 9. in due course phrase If you say that something will happen or take place in due course, you mean that you cannot make it happen any quicker and it will happen when the time is right for it. In due course the baby was born. The arrangements will be published in due course. Synonyms: in time, finally, eventually, in the end 10. to give sb their due phrase You can say 'to give him his due' or 'giving him his due' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them. To give Linda her due, she had tried to encourage John in his school work. 11. with due respect phrase You can say 'with due respect' when you are about to disagree politely with someone. [politeness] With all due respect, you're wrong. Collocations: due in part to This was due in part to a fall in the use of premium rate services such as those featured in the phone-ins. The Sun But with more real-world cars, longer service intervals are the norm, due in part to the improvements in oils and parts such as spark plugs. Times, Sunday Times The supplier said that its costs had risen significantly due in part to 'obligatory renewable, energy efficiency and social schemes'. Times, Sunday Times Since 2007, the number of incidents has fallen by 63 per cent, due in part to better policing. Times, Sunday Times The drop in supplies was due in part to a plunge in imports of those fuels. Houston Chronicle A preacher should not worship at the altar of words, but he or she must have due regard and reverence for language. Christianity Today With due regard for the disappointed, there are three ways, however, in which the ticketing process has not been a fiasco. Times, Sunday Times No matter how serious the disorder, the police must act within the law and with due regard for the safety of all people (including protestors). Times, Sunday Times Together, these historians explained the revolution in the colonists' own terms and with due regard for the political language in which they expressed themselves and why they had rebelled. Times, Sunday Times My answer to that question, with all due regard to the finer points of interior decoration, was: cheaply. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 到期的 Japanese: ･･･する予定で |
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