beholden

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈhəʊldən/    美 /bɪˈhoʊldən/|/bɪˈhəʉldən/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty. not-comparable,usually
    — From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.

词形变化

beholding alternative

词源

From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".
1 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary