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单词 dutiful
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Definition of dutiful in English:

dutiful

adjective ˈdjuːtɪf(ə)lˈdjuːtɪfʊlˈd(j)udəfəl
  • 1Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.

    尽职的,尽本分的;恭顺的,顺从的

    a dutiful daughter

    一位孝女。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
    • But yet, being the dutiful daughter she was, she did fight their war for them.
    • She tells him she will bring him to a home where she will be a faithful and dutiful servant to him, and that if this home reminds him of a home long lost, he should weep for it also.
    • Given the contrast, are we to boast that our scribes are more dutiful, intelligent, responsible and wise in contributing to national strength and honour?
    • Though striking a blow for Indian womanhood, Sharma remains a dutiful daughter in the traditional mould and still places great faith in arranged marriages.
    • It's an unlikely friendship: Andy is dutiful, responsible, endearingly stuffy, but caring and contemplative.
    • Those who know him describe him as a dutiful soldier, physically brave, conscientious and honest by local standards - but a man of limited vision.
    • I think somewhere you got this notion that a wife was dutiful and obedient.
    • Yes folks its that time of year again, whereby as a dutiful parent I oblige my responsibility to dispense with two hours of valuable time to go and watch the Junior School Nativity play.
    • As a still dutiful, if mature daughter, she still tried to placate rather than confront.
    • Her brother was ever the dutiful doctor, responding to calls that come even in the oddest hour.
    • Being the dutiful daughter, I offered them the spare room at my place until they got themselves sorted out.
    • ‘The undertaker suggested dutiful or loving daughter,’ David continued.
    • Some works are autobiographical, including a piece about a dutiful daughter who forsakes her own happiness to care for her mother.
    • Her Punjabi family's traditional ways, and their expectations of a dutiful daughter, alienate her.
    • With Mimi he was expected to be neatly groomed, dutiful and obedient.
    • In theory, this is done routinely to encourage dutiful submission to authority.
    • And the only women in the celestial kingdom will be those dutiful, obedient plural wives who are invited there by their husbands to serve them for all eternity.
    • Here clients, characterized as ‘worthy wives and dutiful daughters,’ are portrayed as grateful and appreciative.
    • Vincent was a nice kid - loyal, dutiful and good-humored.
    Synonyms
    conscientious, responsible, dedicated, devoted, faithful, loyal, attentive
    obedient, compliant, pliant, docile, submissive, biddable, deferential, reverent, reverential, respectful, good, well disciplined, well trained
    British informal decent
    rare regardful
    1. 1.1 Motivated by duty rather than desire or enthusiasm.
      出于责任感的
      dutiful applause

      礼节性的鼓掌。

      a dutiful visit

      一次礼节性的拜访。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He secured dutiful applause when he told the audience that it had fallen to the present generation to ‘face up to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction’.
      • It's a depressing resolution for a heroine: to do the dutiful thing.
      • Long before the end the atmosphere had gone from the place, the final whistle greeted by dutiful cheers rather than raw passion.
      • We see them playing to throngs of hundreds in big clubs and to a handful of dutiful applauders in improvised performance spaces.
      • The applause at the mention of his name is dutiful and cheerless.
      • Then thirty minutes for evening toilette and small talk, and he and Bertha slipped into bed and dutiful union at 22: 15.
      • A historical novel, it is no dutiful trudge - rather an artful waka, rowing fast and with purpose.
      • Its clergy, in the main, were neither piously devoted nor scandalously negligent, but were generally dutiful if rather unambitious pastors.
      • In this case, he had the unfortunate suspicion that this woman's desire was a dutiful one.
      • Those expressions of admiration were not mere dutiful platitudes inspired by the passing of a respected colleague.
      • ‘I'll be jumping out of tackles,’ he quips before embarking on a dutiful, almost grudging, acknowledgement of the need to focus on the next match.
      • Still, the sides, more dutiful than fervent, were drawn.

Derivatives

  • dutifulness

  • noun ˈdjuːtɪf(ə)lnəsˈdjuːtɪfʊlnəsˈd(j)udəfəlnəs
    • While it is not an incumbent duty on either, considering their poverty, he will be doing an act of dutifulness which earns his parents and himself good reward.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The message their joyless dutifulness sends to children couldn't be clearer: you are a burden, you are sucking the life out of me, but - ‘in my heart’ - I love you.
      • In fact, this aura of dutifulness, rather than ego gratification, may be one of the reasons that he seems popular among his staff - something unusual for most ego-charged media executives.
      • Its proponents may even extend the hypothesis that one reason for this is, ironically, the very longevity of our present monarch and her mother, and their unquestioned dutifulness (which some call dullness).
      • On the other hand, too much solemnity and dutifulness creates a lifeless and narrow outlook and a stale psychological environment.

Definition of dutiful in US English:

dutiful

adjectiveˈd(y)o͞odəfəlˈd(j)udəfəl
  • 1Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.

    尽职的,尽本分的;恭顺的,顺从的

    a dutiful daughter

    一位孝女。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think somewhere you got this notion that a wife was dutiful and obedient.
    • Yes folks its that time of year again, whereby as a dutiful parent I oblige my responsibility to dispense with two hours of valuable time to go and watch the Junior School Nativity play.
    • Though striking a blow for Indian womanhood, Sharma remains a dutiful daughter in the traditional mould and still places great faith in arranged marriages.
    • Vincent was a nice kid - loyal, dutiful and good-humored.
    • Here clients, characterized as ‘worthy wives and dutiful daughters,’ are portrayed as grateful and appreciative.
    • And the only women in the celestial kingdom will be those dutiful, obedient plural wives who are invited there by their husbands to serve them for all eternity.
    • Given the contrast, are we to boast that our scribes are more dutiful, intelligent, responsible and wise in contributing to national strength and honour?
    • ‘The undertaker suggested dutiful or loving daughter,’ David continued.
    • With Mimi he was expected to be neatly groomed, dutiful and obedient.
    • She tells him she will bring him to a home where she will be a faithful and dutiful servant to him, and that if this home reminds him of a home long lost, he should weep for it also.
    • But yet, being the dutiful daughter she was, she did fight their war for them.
    • Being the dutiful daughter, I offered them the spare room at my place until they got themselves sorted out.
    • It's an unlikely friendship: Andy is dutiful, responsible, endearingly stuffy, but caring and contemplative.
    • The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
    • Some works are autobiographical, including a piece about a dutiful daughter who forsakes her own happiness to care for her mother.
    • Her brother was ever the dutiful doctor, responding to calls that come even in the oddest hour.
    • As a still dutiful, if mature daughter, she still tried to placate rather than confront.
    • In theory, this is done routinely to encourage dutiful submission to authority.
    • Her Punjabi family's traditional ways, and their expectations of a dutiful daughter, alienate her.
    • Those who know him describe him as a dutiful soldier, physically brave, conscientious and honest by local standards - but a man of limited vision.
    Synonyms
    conscientious, responsible, dedicated, devoted, faithful, loyal, attentive
    1. 1.1 Motivated by duty rather than desire or enthusiasm.
      出于责任感的
      dutiful applause

      礼节性的鼓掌。

      a dutiful visit

      一次礼节性的拜访。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The applause at the mention of his name is dutiful and cheerless.
      • Those expressions of admiration were not mere dutiful platitudes inspired by the passing of a respected colleague.
      • He secured dutiful applause when he told the audience that it had fallen to the present generation to ‘face up to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction’.
      • It's a depressing resolution for a heroine: to do the dutiful thing.
      • Long before the end the atmosphere had gone from the place, the final whistle greeted by dutiful cheers rather than raw passion.
      • Still, the sides, more dutiful than fervent, were drawn.
      • A historical novel, it is no dutiful trudge - rather an artful waka, rowing fast and with purpose.
      • Its clergy, in the main, were neither piously devoted nor scandalously negligent, but were generally dutiful if rather unambitious pastors.
      • We see them playing to throngs of hundreds in big clubs and to a handful of dutiful applauders in improvised performance spaces.
      • ‘I'll be jumping out of tackles,’ he quips before embarking on a dutiful, almost grudging, acknowledgement of the need to focus on the next match.
      • In this case, he had the unfortunate suspicion that this woman's desire was a dutiful one.
      • Then thirty minutes for evening toilette and small talk, and he and Bertha slipped into bed and dutiful union at 22: 15.
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