单词 | oblige |
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音标 | [ə'blaidʒ] |
解释 | v.束缚;恩惠于… |
红宝书 | 无 |
字源 | oblige (v.) c.1300, "to bind by oath," from Old French obligier "engage one's faith, commit (oneself), pledge" (13c.), from Latin obligare "to bind, bind up, bandage," figuratively "put under obligation," from ob "to" (see ob-) + ligare "to bind," from PIE root *leig- "to bind" (see ligament). Main modern meaning "to make (someone) indebted by conferring a benefit or kindness" is from 1560s. Related: obliged; obliging. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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