Obligation



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解释

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• n. 责任; 债务, 欠的人情
• ［英］ n. 责任 ( a duty imposed legally or socially) ; 债务, 欠的人情 ( the fact of being indebted)
• ［记］ 来自oblige ( 强迫, 迫使) +ation -> 迫使做的事 -> 责任

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. the action of obligating oneself to a course of action (as by a promise or vow)
• 2.
  • a. something (as a formal contract, a promise, or the demands of conscience or custom) that obligates one to a course of action
  • b. a debt security (as a mortgage or corporate bond)
  • c. a commitment (as by a government) to pay a particular sum of money; also an amount owed under such an obligation <unable to meet its obligations, the company went into bankruptcy>
• 3.
  • a. a condition or feeling of being obligated
  • b. a debt of gratitude
• 4. something one is bound to do ; duty, responsibility

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