单词 | duty |
释义 | duty (once / 33 pages) 1n 2n When you've done your duty, you've done what you're supposed to and met your responsibilities. Your sense of duty as a citizen might compel you to vote; it might also keep you from voting twice. A duty is an obligation, and we get new duties with new positions in life, like taking a job, or becoming a parent. You didn't realize one of your duties as club president would be cleaning up after meetings. A police officer or cab driver can be on-duty or off-duty. As an off-duty police officer, you might still feel it's your duty to stop a robbery. Duty also means "tax," which is why people like shopping duty-free at the airport. WORD FAMILYduty: duteous, dutiable, duties, dutiful+/duteous: duteously/dutiful: dutifully, dutifulness, undutiful/undutiful: undutifully, undutifulness USAGE EXAMPLESIt seemed his first duty was keeping a constant smile, even as he battled through what is now his third bout with cancer, Long said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Barkley was a fill-in who started the season on the practice squad, thrust into duty by injuries to Jay Cutler and Brian Hoyer. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “However, terrorists don't share moral values. Our common duty is to combat terrorists' aggression,” Putin said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n 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 possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr Syn|Hypo|Hyper obligation, responsibility job the responsibility to do something guardianship, keeping, safekeepingthe responsibility of a guardian or keeper moral obligationan obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong noblesse obligethe obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically) burden of proofthe duty of proving a disputed charge civic duty, civic responsibilitythe responsibilities of a citizen filial dutyduty of a child to its parents imperativesome duty that is essential and urgent incumbencya duty that is incumbent upon you legal dutyacts which the law requires be done or forborne line of dutyall that is normally required in some area of responsibility white man's burdenthe supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects prerequisite, requirementsomething that is required in advance demand, requirementrequired activity custody, hands(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child jury dutythe civic duty to serve on a jury fiduciary dutythe legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary obedience, respectbehavior intended to please your parents preconditiona condition that is a prerequisite academic requirementa requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program essential condition, sine qua nona prerequisite social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action 2n work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons 2the duties of the job Hypo|Hyper chore, job, task a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee function, office, part, rolethe actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group assignment, duty assignmenta duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) ball-breaker, ball-bustera job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing stintan individual's prescribed share of work capacitya specified function hatan informal term for a person's role portfoliothe role of the head of a government department lieu, place, position, steadthe post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another second fiddlea secondary role or function guard, guard duty, sentry duty, sentry gothe duty of serving as a sentry fatigue, fatigue dutylabor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) charge, commission, missiona special assignment that is given to a person or group reassignmentassignment to a different duty sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard dutynaval service aboard a ship at sea shore dutynaval service at land bases scut worktrivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores work activity directed toward making or doing something n a government tax on imports or exports they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries Syn|Hypo|Hyper tariff custom, customs, customs duty, impost money collected under a tariff tonnage, tonnage duty, tunnagea tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship octroia tax on various goods brought into a town revenue tariffa tariff imposed to raise revenue protective tariffa tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition import dutya duty imposed on imports export dutya duty imposed on exports countervailing dutya duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments ship moneyan impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense anti-dumping dutya tariff imposed to prevent dumping indirect tax a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations |
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