单词 | to be obliged |
释义 | > as lemmasto be obliged 4. transitive. to be obliged: to be morally or legally bound; (more generally) to be under a necessity, to be behoved. Frequently with to (or †till) or infinitive.Now overlapping with sense 13. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > be under legal obligation [verb (intransitive)] to be obliged1398 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > be bound by moral or legal tie [verb (intransitive)] shrive1338 to be boundc1360 to be holdena1375 to be obliged1398 oblige1548 obligate1955 the mind > emotion > gratitude > give thanks [verb (intransitive)] > be obliged to be obliged1552 owe1638 1398 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) VIII. 54 To the fulfillyng of the qwhilk the..Wardain of the Est Marche of Scotland is oblist, be his Letter to Sire Henri Percy..and the said Sire Henry is oblist, be his Letter to the said Erle. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Heb. ii. 15 (MED) He schulde delyuere þem þe whiche..were oblyschid to seruage by alle þer lyfe. c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 165 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 276 He wes obliste til his wyfe to speke with hir in-to his lyfe. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ix I promysed to the nought at al, in the presence of whom I am oblyged or bound. 1515 in H. Rose & L. Shaw Geneal. Deduction Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 186 To the..keping of all thir conditionis..bayth the sadis parteis ar oblist and suorn ayn till other. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vi. f. 17 We ar oblissit to lufe god. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem (Stat. Will. c. 19) f. 5 b The wyfe is nocht oblisched to accuse hir husband. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. i. 268 That Duty and Respect, wherein we stand obliged to others. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxi. 244 Martyr excused his coming, partly because he was obliged to the city and church of Zurick. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 63 The Princess Henrietta was obliged to lie abed, for want of a fire to warm her. 1810 S. Horsley Serm. (1811) 439 Thus it should seem that Christians are clearly obliged to the observance of a Sabbath. 1892 Times 24 Sept. 12/2 Foreign farmers are obliged to market their corn immense distances by rail, canal, and sea. 1940 J. F. Kennedy Why Eng. Slept (1962) iv. 69 By the treaty Germany was not allowed to have an air fleet; if, therefore, she was building one, England would either be obliged to declare the Treaty was at an end or be prepared to go in and stop her. 1981 A. Gray Lanark iii. iii. 22 It should last until you find work, but if you spend it before then this card entitles you to present another claim, which we shall be obliged, in due course, to honour. < as lemmas |
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