mandatory
mandatory 英 [ˈmændətəri] 美 [ˈmændətɔri]
adj. 强制的；义务的
名词复数:mandatories
- In the US, attending school through the twelfth grade, driving on the right side of the road, and obtaining a social security number are all mandatory. The phrase "mandatory requirement" is redundant.
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- adj. 强制的；义务的
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1. The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。
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2. It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.
血库必须检查所有捐献的血是否含有这种病毒。
- mandatory (adj.) 1570s, "of the nature of a mandate," from Late Latin mandatorius "pertaining to a mandator," from Latin mandatus, past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818.
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