indebted
adj
~ to sb (for sth) owing money or gratitude to sb 负债的; 感激的; 欠情的
be (deeply, greatly, etc) indebted to sb for his help, advice, encouragement, etc (深深地、 非常地等)感激某人的帮助、 建议、 鼓励等.
One man was told to fix up an air-line to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.
有个工人被派去安装"供气管",给他们正在使用的机器提供压缩空气。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.