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单词 beholden
释义 beholden
\bə̇ˈhōldən, bēˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from beholden, past participle of beholden, from Old English behalden, past participle of behaldan
1. : being under obligation to return a favor or gift
 < getting support without becoming beholden for it >
2. : indebted (as for aid or inspiration)
 < no poet likes to acknowledge that he is beholden to an older — or a contemporary one — O.S.J.Gogarty >
3. : dependent — usually used with to
 < domesticated animals are plainly dominated by and beholden to adult human beings — Weston La Barre >
 < politically beholden to the industrial strength of the state — R.E.McGill >
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