Duty

['djuːtɪ] or ['dʊti]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; 'the duties of the job'.

(noun.) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; 'we must instill a sense of duty in our children'; 'every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty'- John D.Rockefeller Jr.

(noun.) a government tax on imports or exports; 'they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries'.

錄入:温思罗普--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) That which is due; payment.

(n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

(n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

(n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

(n.) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

(n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

(n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

鲍里斯校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. What one ought to do, what one is bound or under obligation to do.[2]. Service, business, function, office.[3]. Tax, impost, toll, custom, excise.

沙琳編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Obligation, part, business, responsibility, allegiance, function, once,province, calling, trust, commission, service

ANT:Freedom, exemption, immunity, license, dispensation, desertion, dereliction

編輯:桑德拉

解釋/意思:

n. that which is due: what one is bound by any obligation to do: obedience: military service: respect or regard: one's proper business: tax on goods.—adj. Dū′teous devoted to duty: obedient.—adv. Dū′teously.—n. Dū′teousness.—adjs. Dū′tiable subject to custom duty; Dū′tied subjected to duties and customs; Dū′tiful attentive to duty: respectful: expressive of a sense of duty.—adv. Dū′tifully.—n. Dū′tifulness.—adj. Dū′ty-free free from tax or duty.

校對:米利森特