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单词 holy day of obligation
释义

oblige /ə- or ō-blījˈ, formerly -blējˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To bind morally or legally
  2. To constrain
  3. To bind by some favour rendered, hence to do a favour to
intransitive verb (informal)

To do something as a favour

ORIGIN: Fr obliger, from L obligāre, -ātum, from ob- down, and ligāre to bind

obligant /obˈli-gənt/ noun (Scots law)

Someone who binds himself or herself to another to pay or to perform something

obˈligate /-li-gāt/ transitive verb

  1. To bind by contract or duty
  2. To bind by gratitude
  3. To constrain (US and archaic)
adjective (biology)

By necessity, without option

obligation /ob-li-gāˈshən/ noun

  1. The act of obliging
  2. A moral or legal bond, tie, or binding power
  3. An action, promise or requirement of such a kind that failure to perform or fulfil it contravenes the law
  4. The thing to which one is bound
  5. A debt of gratitude
  6. A favour
  7. A bond containing a penalty in case of failure (law)

obligāˈtional adjective

obˈligātor noun

obligatorily /o-bligˈə-tər-i-li, ə-bligˈ or obˈlig-/ adverb

obligˈatoriness (or /obˈlig-/) noun

obligˈatory (or /obˈlig-/) adjective

  1. Binding
  2. Imposing duty
  3. Imposed as an obligation
  4. Obligate

obligee /ob-li-jēˈ/ noun

  1. The person to whom another is bound by obligation (law)
  2. Someone who is under an obligation for a favour

obligeˈment noun

A favour conferred

oblīgˈer noun

oblīgˈing adjective

  1. Prepared to confer favours
  2. Ready to do a good turn
  3. Courteous

oblīgˈingly adverb

oblīgˈingness noun

obligor /obˈli-gör/ noun (law)

The person who binds himself or herself to another

obligate parasite noun (biology)

One capable of living naturally only as a parasite (cf facultative parasite)

holy day of obligation

(esp in the Roman Catholic Church) an important religious festival, on which attendance in church is obligatory

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