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Obligation 无 `ɔbli'geiʃən N.责任;债务,欠的人情 英 N 责任(A Duty

单词 obligation
音标 [`ɔbli'geiʃən]
解释 n.责任;债务,欠的人情
红宝书 【英】 n. 责任(a duty imposed legally or socially);债务, 欠的人情(the fact of being indebted)
【记】 来自oblige(强迫,迫 使)+ation→迫使做的 事→责任
【例】 The senator promised to uphold the obligations of his office.
字源 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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