| 单词 | obligate |
| 释义 | obligate —obligable /ob"li geuh beuhl/, adj. —obligator, n. v. /ob"li gayt'/; adj. /ob"li git, -gayt'/, v. obligated, obligating, adj. v.t. 1. to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building. 2. to pledge, commit, or bind (funds, property, etc.) to meet an obligation. adj. 3. morally or legally bound; obliged; constrained. 4. necessary; essential. 5. Biol. restricted to a particular condition of life, as certain organisms that can survive only in the absence of oxygen: obligate anaerobe (opposed to facultative). [1400-50; late ME obligat (adj.) < L obligatus (ptp. of obligare to bind), equiv. to ob- OB- + ligatus; see LIGATE] |
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