early 13c., dettur, dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor "a debter," from past participle stem of debere; see debt. The -b- was restored in later French, and in English c. 1560-c. 1660. The KJV has detter three times, debter three times, debtor twice and debtour once.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The court granted me a lien on my debtor's property.
法庭授予我對(duì)我債務(wù)人財(cái)產(chǎn)的留置權(quán).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. He crowded the debtor for payment.
他催逼負(fù)債人還債.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. After repeated but fruitless demands for payment, he brought a suit against the debtor.
在再三要求支付而毫無(wú)結(jié)果的情況下, 他向債務(wù)人提出訴訟.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Bank officials argued that it is not their job to chase down every asset of every bank debtor.
銀行官員稱，他們沒(méi)有義務(wù)追蹤每個(gè)貸款戶的每筆資產(chǎn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. The debtor was summoned ( to appear before the magistrates ).