单词 | mandatory |
释义 | mandatory —mandatorily, adv. /man"deuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj., n., pl. mandatories. adj. 1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math. 2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command. 3. Law. permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified: a mandatory clause. 4. having received a mandate, as a nation. n. 5. mandatary. [1655-65; < LL mandatorius. See MANDATE, -TORY1] Syn. 1. requisite, exigent. |
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