beholden
Obligated to provide, display, or do something for anotherObligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
» You don't have to feel beholden.
Значення
значень: 1(без ступенів порівняння, зазвичай)Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.
verpflichtet, gebunden
обя́занныйobjázannyj, призна́тельныйpriznátelʹnyj
- under a moral obligation to someone
Приклади
речень: 13You don't have to feel beholden.
I won't be beholden to special interests.
He won't be beholden to special interests.
She won't be beholden to special interests.
They won't be beholden to special interests.
Переклади
мов: 4За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behFrom Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".
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