1 N-UNCOUNT 职务;义务 Duty is work that you have to do for your job. 职务;义务
SYN responsibility, job, task, work
2 N-PLURAL 职责;任务;本职工作 Your duties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job. 职责;任务;本职工作
3 N-SING [oft with poss] 责任;本分 If you say that something is your duty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility. 责任;本分
4 N-VAR 税 Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy. 税
5 PHRASE 下班/上班;不值班/值班 If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is off duty, they are not working. If someone is on duty, they are working. 下班/上班;不值班/值班
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I'm off duty.
我下班了。
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Four officers were told to go off duty and rest at home.
四名官员已经被通知停职在家休整。
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There were 2,250 policemen on duty in and around the stadium.
在体育场内及周边有 2,250 名警察在值勤。
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Extra staff had been put on duty.
编外人员已经就职。
Quotations
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers Henri Frédéric Amiel Journal
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together Joseph Joubert Pensées
When a stupid man is doing something that he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty George Bernard Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods Pierre Corneille Horace
England expects that every man will do his duty Horatio Nelson signal at the Battle of Trafalgar
Duty, honour! We make these words say whatever we want, the same as we do with parrots Alfred Capus Mariage Bourgeois
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | duty Also look up: |
N. | assignment, responsibility, task 1 2 obligation 3 |
Word Partnership | Use duty with: |
N. | guard duty, jury duty 1 sense of duty 3 |
ADJ. | military duty 1 civic duty, patriotic duty 3 |
PREP. | off duty, on duty 5 |
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