be in debt

基本解釋

It would go against my principles to borrow money, as I think it wrong to be in debt.
曏人借錢違背我的原則，因爲(wèi)我認(rèn)爲(wèi)負(fù)債是不應(yīng)該的事。
1a. Don’t get into debt . If you spend less than you earn, you won’t be in debt, obviously.
不要背上債務(wù)，很明顯，如果你賺得比你花的多，你就不會背上債務(wù)。
He was declared to be in debt to every tradesman in the place, and his intrigues, all honoured with the title of seduction, had been extended into every tradesman's family.
他們說，他在儅地每一個商人那裡都欠下了一筆債；又給他加上了誘騙婦女的的頭啣，又說每個商人家裡都受過他的糟蹋。

In two weeks, the European Union will consider whether high-debt countries will be forced to take austerity measures like introducing wage cuts, employment freezes and longer working weeks.
I would be careful and not have all your money invested in stocks. I would look at a lot of these distressed debt--some of the distressed debt that has gone down. I don't know if you understand that but some of the debt that--even bank debt, which is the highest level, I think, has become very cheap.
我會非常的小心，不會把你們的錢全部都,投在股票上，我會尋找一些,不良債務(wù)--一些不良債務(wù)的價格已經(jīng)下跌了,我不知道你們是不是理解這些東西,但一些債務(wù)--即使是銀行債，它們的保險級別較高，我覺得，價格都已經(jīng)很便宜了。
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That basically means investors are worried that we are probably going to be going into a double dip scenario because of the sovereign debt crisis that is occurring in Europe."

To break it down to its essential message: credit cards want you to be in debt.
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