单词 | must |
释义 | must 1 (mŭst) v. v.aux. 1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom: Citizens must register in order to vote. 2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement: Plants must have oxygen in order to live. 3. Used to express a command or admonition: You must not go there alone. You simply must be careful. 4. To be determined to; have as a fixed resolve: If you must leave, do it quietly. 5. a. Used to indicate inevitability or certainty: We all must die. b. Used to indicate logical probability or presumptive certainty: If the lights were on, they must have been at home. v.intr. Archaic To be required or obliged to go: "I must from hence" (Shakespeare). n. Something that is absolutely required or indispensable: Promptness on the job is a must. Comfortable boots are a must when going on a hike. [Middle English moste, from Old English mōste, past tense of mōtan, to be allowed; see med- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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