| 单词 | obligatory |
| 释义 | obligatory —obligatorily /euh blig"euh tawr'euh lee, -tohr'-, ob"li geuh-, euh blig'euh tawr"euh lee, -tohr"-, ob'li geuh-/, adv. —obligatoriness, n. /euh blig"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, ob"li geuh-/, adj. 1. required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory. 2. incumbent or compulsory (usually fol. by on or upon): duties obligatory on all. 3. imposing moral or legal obligation; binding: an obligatory promise. 4. creating or recording an obligation, as a document. [1425-75; late ME < LL obligatorius binding, equiv. to L obliga(re) to bind (see OBLIGATE) + -torius -TORY1] Syn. 2. necessary, imperative. Ant. 2. voluntary. |
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