beholden的词源

英文词源

beholden (adj.)

"under obligation," mid-14c., originally past participle of behold (and preserving the original past participle of hold), but a sense directly related to this usage is not recorded among the many and varied meanings attested for behold.

中文词源

beholden：感激

前缀be-, 强调。hold, 维持，持有。-en, 使。使长期维持的，感激的。

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