英语单词 | obligatory |
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英美音标 | 英 [ə'blɪɡətri] 美 [ə'blɪɡətɔːri] |
中文释义 | adj.强制性的;义务的;必须的 |
英语例句 | (1) Attendance at school is obligatory. (2) It is an obligatory step that does not arise from revenge, rancour or other lower emotions, but from the rational necessity to make mankind gain insight. (3) Attendance at primary school is obligatory. |
中文例句 | (1) 上学是强制性的。 (2) 这是一个强制性的步骤,不产生报复,怨恨或其他低的情感,但是从理性的必要性,使人类了解。 (3) 上小学是义务的。 |
vocabulary简明 | Obligatory describes something you do because you have to, not because you want to. When you buy a car, you have to fill out the obligatory forms. In many homes, saying please and thank you is obligatory. |
vocabulary扩展 | Obligatory derives from the verb oblige, as in "after she was so nice, I felt obliged to take her a present." Some people feel burdened by lives of common obligation, giving presents, returning phone calls, eating birthday cake, attending religious services––none of which they feel any real desire to do. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词](按照规定或法律)必须履行的,强制性的 If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or a law.
2 [ADJ 形容词]习惯性的;礼节性的;随大溜的 If you describe something as obligatory, you mean that it is done from habit or custom and not because the person involved has thought carefully about it or really means it. [ADJ n]
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