| 单词 | obliging |
| 释义 | obliging (once / 1064 pages) adj If you're obliging, you're easy to get along with and eager to help. An obliging neighbor, for example, might volunteer to shovel your sidewalk after it snows. The adjective obliging is perfect for describing someone who is especially considerate and helpful. An obliging co-worker will always come to your aid or chip in for donuts, and an obliging roommate will turn off her light when you're ready to go to sleep. The word has been around since the mid-1600s, and it comes from the verb oblige, with its Latin root obligare, which means both "to bind up or bandage" and "to put under obligation or commitment." WORD FAMILYobliging: obligingly, obligingness, unobliging+/disoblige: disobliged, disobliges, disobliging/disobliging: disobligingly/obligatory: nonobligatory/oblige: disoblige, obligatory, obliged, obliger, obliges, obliging/obliged: obligedly/obliger: obligers/unobliging: unobligingly USAGE EXAMPLESFirst she hits him up for money and then puts him in an awkward position, obliging him to travel with her to Tokyo. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) We were on an evening stroll; between eye rolls he was obliging my reality television ramblings. Salon(Dec 22, 2016) The governing coalition would move early next year to create a law obliging the platforms to establish a complaint-management system, he added. Wall Street Journal(Dec 16, 2016) adj showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave Syn complaisant accommodating, accommodative helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
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