标题: 求教蓝皮书51题 [打印本页] 作者: shangjiongj 时间: 2013-6-8 13:34 标题: 求教蓝皮书51题 我又来了，掩面
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians for the unlawful seizure of their ancestral lands in the eighteenth century.
owed restitution to x for y是固定搭配，这是什么意思啊？
谢谢 作者: popup 时间: 2013-6-8 20:24
我个人觉得这里的动词搭配是owe sth. to sb. 就是欠某人某物， two upstate New York counties owed restitution to three tribes of Oneida Indians，直译就是有两个NY的县欠了印第安部落的赔偿（金）。至于for就是表原因 --- 因为他们非法占有印第安人祖先的土地