搜尋結果
obligate
- bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally;commit (assets) as security
- restricted to a particular function or mode of life
verb: obligate, 3rd person present: obligates, gerund or present participle: obligating, past tense: obligated, past participle: obligated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally the medical establishment is obligated to take action in the best interest of the public
- 2. US commit (assets) as security the money must be obligated within 30 days
形容詞
- 1. restricted to a particular function or mode of life an obligate intracellular parasite the lynx is an obligate carnivore
- 更多解釋
- require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty: the medical establishment is obligated to take action in the best interest of the public
- restricted to a particular function or mode of life: an obligate intracellular parasite the lynx is an obligate carnivore
Oxford Dictionary