| 单词 | mandatory |
| 释义 | mandatory (once / 3013 pages) 1adj 2n 3n In the US, attending school through the twelfth grade, driving on the right side of the road, and obtaining a social security number are all mandatory. The phrase "mandatory requirement" is redundant. A mandatory action is something that is required, obligatory, or compulsory. Like letting your Great Aunt Edna pinch your cheeks or passing gym to get your diploma. Mandatory is often used in opposition to optional. If you want to compete with the swim team at school, weeknight practices are mandatory, meaning you have to go, though the Saturday dawn swim practice remains optional, meaning it's up to you. WORD FAMILYmandatory: mandatories, mandatorily, nonmandatory+/mandatary: mandataries/mandate: mandatary, mandated, mandates, mandating, mandatory USAGE EXAMPLESIt will also be mandatory for establishments to hang posters with helpline details. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The Indian Supreme Court employed this logic when it struck down the mandatory death sentence in the country’s penal code, in 1983. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) He said detention is mandatory for most recent arrivals to the U.S. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj required by rule 2attendance is mandatory Syn compulsory, required obligatory morally or legally constraining or binding n the recipient of a mandate 3Syn|Hyper mandatary receiver, recipient a person who receives something n a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves Syn|Exp|Hyper mandate Palestine a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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