be beholden to

常见例句

No family wants to be beholden to the assistance of others.
也没有一个家庭甘愿依靠他人的帮助。
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Our nation will no longer be beholden to the countries that we now rely on for oil imports.
虽然现在我们仍然依赖进口石油，但是当那个时候，我们的国家再也不需要对那些产油国感激涕零；
That would mean the Pentagon would not be beholden to a long list of reporting requirements and policy provisions that each year are packed into the authorization bill.
这意味着五角大楼不会对每年都写入法案中的一系列相关要求和政策规定感到满意。
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Our nation will no longer be beholden to the countries that we now rely on for oil imports.
WHITEHOUSE: Building a Clean Energy Economy
Again, as an outsider, Mr Fox may not be beholden to powerful people and vested interests opposed to such changes.
ECONOMIST: Happy birthday, Señor Fox
The founders of the chip industry refused to be beholden to anybody.
FORBES: Hear! Hear!