Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #846
duty
责任；义务
a responsibility or obligation that makes you do what is morally or legally right
- 1.
That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
道德或法律上应尽的责任
- 2.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; ; - John D.Rockefeller Jr
义务
- 3.
The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
在工作岗位上负责或执行某项任务的状态
- 4.
work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
职责
- 5.
An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports.
消费税；尤指进出口关税
- 6.
a government tax on imports or exports
关税
- 7.
The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
发动机每单位燃料所做功的效率；尤指蒸汽泵机燃烧一蒲式耳或一英担煤将水提升一英尺的磅数
道德或法律上应尽的责任；义务；在工作岗位上负责或执行某项任务的状态；职责；消费税；尤指进出口关税
In use
It is my duty to help my younger sister with her homework.
The nurse performed her duties with great care.
As a citizen, you have a duty to obey the law.
we must instill a sense of duty in our children
every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty
the duties of the job
they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
duty to do sth
表示‘做某事的责任’，常用it作形式主语。
Connections
Collocations
- on duty
- 值班
- The security guard is on duty until midnight.保安值班到午夜。
- off duty
- 下班
- What do you usually do when you're off duty?你下班后通常做什么？
- sense of duty
- 责任感
- He was motivated by a strong sense of duty.他受强烈的责任感驱使。
- do one's duty
- 尽责任
- We must do our duty to protect the environment.我们必须尽责任保护环境。
- import duty
- 进口关税
- The government increased import duties on luxury goods.政府提高了奢侈品的进口关税。
- duty-free
- 免税
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 'due tea'（到期茶税），记住 duty 有‘关税’和‘责任’的意思。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或官方语境，表示道德或法律上的责任；也可指工作职责或海关关税。中性偏正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the same stressed vowel and ending as 'duty' include beauty, booty, fruity, and cutie (though cutie is spelled with -ie). The word city has the same spelling (-ty) but a different vowel sound.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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