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Mandatory Adj Comply Latin Mændətəri A.命令的,强迫的 英 命令的,强迫的(Auth

单词 mandatory
音标 ['mændətəri]
解释 a.命令的,强迫的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 命令的,强迫的(auth oritatively commanded; obligatory)
【考】 mandatory : comply / forbidden : abstain(命令的[东西]要服从 /禁止的[东西]要戒绝)
【例】 Many colleges have mandatory foreign-language requirements.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 adj. 命令的, 强迫的(必须履行的) = obligatory
【记】源于: command(n /v 命令)
【参】countermand(v 取消; 撤消); maneuver(v 调遣; 操纵)
【类】mandatory: comply = forbidden: abstain命令的要服从 = 禁止的要戒绝
【反】discretionary(adj 自由决定的)
趣味全助记 【记】command 命令

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