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.
雙語例句
1. The court granted me a lien on my debtor's property.
法庭授予我對我債務(wù)人財產(chǎn)的留置權(quán).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. He crowded the debtor for payment.
他催逼負債人還債.
來自《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結(jié)果的情況下, 他向債務(wù)人提出訴訟.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Bank officials argued that it is not their job to chase down every asset of every bank debtor.
銀行官員稱，他們沒有義務(wù)追蹤每個貸款戶的每筆資產(chǎn)。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The debtor was summoned ( to appear before the magistrates ).