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mandatory adj.命令的,强制的,义务的 A mandatory action is something that is required, obligatory, or compulsory. Like letting your Great Aunt Edna pinch your cheeks or passing gym to get your diploma. Mandatory is often used in opposition to optional. If you want to compete with the swim team at school, weeknight practices are mandatory, meaning you have to go, though the Saturday dawn swim practice remains optional, meaning it's up to you. ★☆☆☆☆ 2014.1

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['mændətəri] 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. …… is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no mandatory right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. 1[ADJ 形容词]强制性的； 法定的；义务的 If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law.   [FORMAL 正式]...the mandatory retirement age of 65...65岁的法定退休年龄Attendance is mandatory.务必参加。2[ADJ 形容词](惩罚)强制性的，法定的 If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case.   [FORMAL 正式]...the mandatory life sentence for murder.谋杀罪必然会面临的终身监禁...the four-year ban which is mandatory.为期四年的强制禁令

英语单词	mandatory
英美音标	['mændətəri]
中文释义	adj.命令的,强制的,义务的
vocab简明	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.
vocab扩展	A mandatory action is something that is required, obligatory, or compulsory. Like letting your Great Aunt Edna pinch your cheeks or passing gym to get your diploma. Mandatory is often used in opposition to optional. If you want to compete with the swim team at school, weeknight practices are mandatory, meaning you have to go, though the Saturday dawn swim practice remains optional, meaning it's up to you.
真题原句	…… is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no mandatory right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]强制性的；法定的；义务的 If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law. [FORMAL 正式] ...the mandatory retirement age of 65... 65岁的法定退休年龄 Attendance is mandatory. 务必参加。 2 [ADJ 形容词](惩罚)强制性的，法定的 If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case. [FORMAL 正式] ...the mandatory life sentence for murder. 谋杀罪必然会面临的终身监禁 ...the four-year ban which is mandatory. 为期四年的强制禁令
来源	2014.1

Mandatory Action Swim Meaning Adj 形容词 [Formal 正式