He was heavily in debt and his political future did not look promising.

他负债累累，政治前途看来并不乐观。

His solicitor said he committed the offence because he was heavily in debt.

【offence】他的律师说他犯罪是因为背上了沉重的债务。

IMAGINE you were heavily in debt, owned a large portfolio of equities and under-used property and were having trouble cutting your spending—much like most Western governments.

如果你守着金山银山，却还在为筹钱还债而苦恼，你会怎么办呢？答案是：卖掉其中的一部分，然后再用得到的钱还债不就行了吗。其实，这也是那些债务缠身的富国应该采取的一个办法。

Aaron Burr was vice president of the United States. His term came to an end in eighteen hundred and five. He was heavily in debt and his political future did not look promising.

在上次的建国史话中我们讲到，托马斯。杰斐逊第一届任期内的副总统艾伦。伯尔1805年离任。当时，他债务缠身，政治前途渺茫。

After ten years of hard, grueling work, we were not only penniless; we were heavily in debt. Our farm was mortgaged. Try as hard as we might, we couldn't even pay the interest on the mortgage.

经过十年艰苦卓绝的工作，我们不仅身无分文，而且身无分文。我们负债累累。我们的农场被抵押了。尽我们所能，我们甚至无法支付抵押贷款的利息。