duty

['dju:ti]
n.
责任; 义务; 本分
职责; 职能; 职分
尊敬; 敬意; 恭敬; 孝顺, 忠节
税; 关税
【军】任务; 勤务; 兵役
【机】(机器在给定条件下所做的)功; 能(效)率; 负载; 工作状态; 生产量
【农】(单位土地上某种作物需要的)灌溉量; 灌溉率
【宗】礼拜, (修行的)功课
[口](小孩)拉屎
doctor's -ties
医生的职责
the rights and -ties of a citizen
公民的权利和义务
one's duty to his parents
对父母应尽的义务
His sense of duty is very strong.
他的责任心很强。
The children send their duty to their teachers.
孩子们对他们的老师很尊敬。
At the age of nineteen he began his duty.
他19岁时开始服兵役。
An old wooden box did duty for a table.
一个旧木箱作桌子用。
- 习惯用语
- as in duty bound 有责任, 义不容辞
- be in duty bound 有义务(做某事)
- be in duty bound to do sth. 有义务(做某事)
- do duty for (代某人)履行职务 当...用
- do duty as (代某人)履行职务 当...用
- do one's duty 尽职; 尽本分 [do duty][婉]大小便
- perform one's duty 尽职; 尽本分 [do duty][婉]大小便
- fail in one's duty 失职
- go beyond one's duty 逾出自己的职责
- hire one's duty [美、军]雇人代理自己的勤务
- off duty 下班
- on duty 值班; 值日; 值勤; 上班
- one's bounden duty 义不容辞的责任, 本分
- pay one's duty to 对...表示敬意
- send one's duty to 对...表示敬意
- take sb.'s duty 替代某人的工作
- 参考词汇
都含“职责”、“责任”的意思。
duty指“道义上的责任”, 较强调“自觉性”, 如:
Every citizen has the duty to construct his country.
每个公民都有建设祖国的责任。
obligation指“按照法律、合同、诺言等的要求, 应尽的义务”, 如:
You're under obligation to care her.
你有义务照顾她。responsibility 指“由于法律、职业或道德等的要求而应尽的责任”, 含有“法津上对后果负责任”的意味, 如:
The resposibility rests on us.
这由我们负责。