However, the downside of both of these characters was that they both incurred huge debt.

然而，这两个角色的缺点是，他们都招致了巨额债务。

So how did it get to this point of incurring such a big debt?

那么， 它是如何发展到背负如此巨额债务的地步的呢？

It's especially damaging when students drop out of college after incurring debt, even if the amount of debt is small.

当学生在背负债务后辍学时，即使债务数额很小，这尤其具有破坏性。

In one type of " uptier" transaction, a company persuades a majority of its creditors to amend loan documentation to allow it to incur more senior debt.

在一种“更高级”交易中，一家公司说服其大多数债权人修改贷款文件，以允许其承担更多的高级债务。

The thought of dependence had always been intolerable to him; perhaps the only boast I at any time heard from his lips was that he had never incurred debt.

一想到依赖，他就无法忍受。也许我从他嘴里听到的唯一夸口就是他从未欠债。

Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of incurring another debt by going to prison and of course, coming under the influence of hardened criminals.

为什么我们不制定出一些制度，让他们偿还自己对社会欠下的罪，而不是送去监狱在惯犯的影响下犯下更多的罪恶。

" Then — this is necessary to set my heart quite at rest — you have not — have you? — in order to pay your debts, incurred another debt which may harass you worse hereafter" ?

“那么——这是让我心安的必要条件——你没有——是吗？——为了偿还你的债务， 又招致了另一笔债务， 这可能会在以后更糟地困扰你” ？