oblige 音标拼音: [əbl'ɑɪdʒ]
vt . 迫使,责成;以誓言束缚;施惠,答应要求而作;使感激
迫使,责成;以誓言束缚;施惠,答应要求而作;使感激
oblige v 1 :
force somebody to do something ; "
We compel all students to fill out this form " [
synonym : {
compel }, {
oblige }, {
obligate }]
2 :
bind by an obligation ;
cause to be indebted ; "
He '
s held by a contract "; "
I '
ll hold you by your promise " [
synonym : {
oblige },
{
bind }, {
hold }, {
obligate }]
3 :
provide a service or favor for someone ; "
We had to oblige him " [
synonym : {
oblige }, {
accommodate }] [
ant : {
disoblige }]
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obligier ,
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1 .
To attach ,
as by a bond . [
Obs .]
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He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself . --
Bacon .
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2 .
To constrain by physical ,
moral ,
or legal force ;
to put under obligation to do or forbear something .
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The obliging power of the law is neither founded in ,
nor to be measured by ,
the rewards and punishments annexed to it . --
South .
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Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health . --
Tillotson .
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3 .
To bind by some favor rendered ;
to place under a debt ;
hence ,
to do a favor to ;
to please ;
to gratify ;
to accommodate .
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Thus man ,
by his own strength ,
to heaven would soar ,
And would not be obliged to God for more . --
Dryden .
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The gates before it are brass ,
and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII . --
Evelyn .
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I shall be more obliged to you than I can express .
--
Mrs .
E .
Montagu .
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
oblige ":
accommodate ,
aid ,
assist ,
avail ,
benefit ,
bind ,
brook no denial ,
call for ,
cater to ,
coddle ,
coerce ,
commit ,
compel ,
concuss ,
constrain ,
contribute ,
convenience ,
cosset ,
demand ,
dictate ,
do a favor ,
do a service ,
do right by ,
exact ,
favor ,
force ,
give way to ,
gratify ,
help ,
humor ,
impose ,
indulge ,
insist upon ,
leave no option ,
make ,
make imperative ,
make incumbent ,
mollycoddle ,
necessitate ,
obligate ,
pamper ,
please ,
pledge ,
profit ,
require ,
saddle with ,
satisfy ,
serve ,
shotgun ,
show kindness to ,
spoil ,
take no denial ,
tie ,
treat well ,
yield to
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