obligation
obligation 英 [ˌɒblɪˈgeɪʃn] 美 [ˌɑblɪˈgeɪʃn]
n. 义务；职责；债务
名词复数:obligations
- An obligation is a duty. It's your obligation or responsibility to call your mom on Mother's Day. Sending flowers would be even better.
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- n. 义务；职责；债务
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1. You are under no obligation to buy anything.
你不必非买什么东西不可。
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2. She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.
她觉得没有义务告诉他实情。
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3. I don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
我不想让别人迫于无奈来看我。
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4. to fulfil your legal obligations
履行法律责任
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5. They reminded him of his contractual obligations.
他们提醒他注意合同规定的义务。
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6. We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
我们有道义责任保护环境。
- obligation (n.) c. 1300, from Old French obligacion "obligation, duty, responsibility" (early 13c.) and directly from Latin obligationem (nominative obligatio) "an engaging or pledging," literally "a binding" (but rarely used in this sense), noun of action from past participle stem of obligare (see oblige). The notion is of binding with promises or by law or duty.
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