obligate
obligate 英 ['ɒblɪgeɪt] 美 [ˈɑblɪˌɡet]
vt. 使负义务；强迫
进行时:obligating 过去式:obligated 过去分词:obligated 第三人称单数:obligates 名词复数:obligates
- To obligate is to either force someone to do something or be compelled to do something. You’re obligated to get to work on time if you want to keep your job.
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- vt. 使负义务；强迫
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1. We were obligated to attend the opening ceremony.
我们有必要参加开幕式。
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2. You don't have to do that, you're not obligated to.
你没必要这么做，你没有义务这么做。
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3. So don't feel obligated to get the most expensive best ones.
所以不要觉得有义务买最贵的最好的耳机。
- obligate (v.) 1540s, "to bind, connect;" 1660s, "to put under moral obligation," back-formation from obligation, or else from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige). Oblige, with which it has been confused since late 17c., means "to do one a favor." Related: Obligated; obligating.
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