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单词 dutiful
释义
dutifuldu‧ti‧ful /ˈdjuːtɪfəl $ ˈduː-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • All my life I have been an obedient, dutiful daughter.
  • She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife.
  • Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But the dutiful reader will emerge with an impressively thorough account.
  • His wife, dutiful as ever, did as he bade.
  • It is Ego which drives us to be dutiful and fulfil false obligations.
  • Miss Fergusson, however, remained her dutiful and efficient self.
  • Otherwise, it was life as usual, and I was being a dutiful daughter and a good sister.
  • The authoritarian parent or dutiful child attitudes that so often characterized these relationships in previous generations are thankfully on the way out.
  • Two pairs of hands were missing from the dutiful applause that greeted his speech.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatoralways doing what you are told to do
someone who is obedient always does what their parents, teachers, or people in authority tell them to do - use this especially about children: · Bruno was a quiet and obedient little boy.· Research shows that pupils who are good at maths tend to be more conformist and obedient than other pupils. obedient to: · The majority of people were obedient to the King, not questioning his government.
obedient behaviour: obedience to: · Young children are expected to show obedience to their parents.absolute/complete/total obedience: · The General demanded absolute obedience from his men.
always obeying the law because you think this is the right thing to do: · These men are all decent, tax-paying, law-abiding people.· There is a tendency to look back at a time when people were more peaceful and law-abiding.
always doing what you are expected to do and always behaving in a loyal and obedient way: · Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.· She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife.
a group of people that is disciplined has developed obedience or has been trained to be obedient: · They are a well-trained, disciplined and efficient fighting force.well-disciplined: · The workforce is well-disciplined and eager to work.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· It indicates her willingness to be the dutiful wife yet refusal to be seen as part of a united couple.· These dutiful wives will stoke their boilers, fill their tanks to keep them running.
doing what you are expected to do and behaving in a loyal and obedient way:  a dutiful son Dutiful applause greeted his speech.
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