duty

英 [ˈdjuːti]

美 [ˈduːti]

n.  责任; 义务; 本分; 上班; 值班; 职责; 任务

复数：duties　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.846 / COCA.1752

同义词辨析

obligationcommitmentdutyfunctionresponsibility【导航词义：义务，责任】

习惯用语

n.

on/off duty
• 值（或下）班；值（或不值）勤
  working/not working at a particular time
• Who's on duty today?
  今天谁值班？
• What time do you go off duty?
  你什么时候下班？
a/your bounden duty
• 应尽的义务；不可推卸的责任
  something that you feel you must do; a responsibility which cannot be ignored
in the line of duty
• 在执行任务时；在履行职责时
  while doing a job
• A policeman was injured in the line of duty yesterday.
  昨天有一名警察在执行公务时受伤。

牛津词典

noun

• 责任；义务；本分
  something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility
  1. It is my duty to report it to the police.
     把这事报告给警方是我的责任。
  2. Local councillors have a duty to serve the community.
     地方议员有义务为社区服务。
  3. I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty .
     我不希望你只是出于责任感才来看我。
  4. your duties as a parent
     你作为父母的责任
  5. to do your duty for your country
     为祖国尽己任
• 上班；值班
  the work that is your job
  1. Report for duty at 8 a.m.
     早上8点钟报到上班。
• 职责；任务
  tasks that are part of your job
  1. I spend a lot of my time on administrative duties.
     我在行政管理事务上花了大量时间。
  2. Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
     你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。
• 税；（尤指进口货品）关税
  a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country
  1. customs/excise/import duties
     关税；消费税；进口税
  2. duty on wine and beer
     葡萄酒和啤酒税

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 职务;义务
  Dutyis work that you have to do for your job.
  1. Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work...
     职员必须在平时上班的地方签到。
  2. My duty is to look after the animals.
     我的责任就是照看这些动物。
• N-PLURAL 职责;任务;本职工作
  Yourdutiesare tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
  1. I carried out my duties conscientiously...
     我一丝不苟地履行我的职责。
  2. He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
     他被撤销了总统顾问一职。
• N-SING 责任;本分
  If you say that something is yourduty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
  1. I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
     我认为写信向你表达谢意是我的责任。
• N-VAR 税
  Dutiesare taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
  1. Import duties still average 30%.
     进口税的平均水平仍然在 30%。
  2. ...customs duties...
     关税
  3. They are pressing the Chancellor to reduce excise duty on beer.
     他们正给总理施压，要求降低啤酒的消费税。
• PHRASE 下班/上班;不值班/值班
  If someone such as a policeman or a nurse isoff duty, they are not working. If someone ison duty, they are working.
  1. I'm off duty...
     我下班了。
  2. Four officers were told to go off duty and rest at home...
     四名官员已经被通知停职在家休整。
  3. There were 2,250 policemen on duty in and around the stadium...
     在体育场内及周边有 2,250 名警察在值勤。
  4. Extra staff had been put on duty.
     编外人员已经就职。

英英释义

noun

• work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
  1. the duties of the job
• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
  1. we must instill a sense of duty in our children
  2. every right implies a responsibilit
  Synonym:responsibilityobligation
• a government tax on imports or exports
  1. they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
  Synonym:tariff

双语例句

• Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work
  职员必须在平时上班的地方签到。
• We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
  我们遵从了自己的良知，尽到了自己的义务。
• We had a statutory duty to report to Parliament.
  我们有向议会报告的法定义务。
• Extra staff had been put on duty.
  编外人员已经就职。
• I carried out my duties conscientiously
  我一丝不苟地履行我的职责。
• This duty is paramount to all the others.
  该义务是至高无上的。
• As a soldier, he showed selfless devotion to duty.
  作为战士，他表现出了对其天职的无私奉献。
• He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
  他被撤销了总统顾问一职。
• Import duties still average 30%.
  进口税的平均水平仍然在30%。
• Four officers were told to go off duty and rest at home
  四名官员已经被通知停职在家休整。