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bound FORCEDbaJndadj [after v; + to infinitive]having a moral or legal duty to do something受束缚的,受约束的;(法律或道德上)有义务的The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions.公司受一项专门协议的约束须请工会参与重大决定。She feels (duty) bound to tell him everything.她觉得有义务告诉他每一件事。She is not legally bound to pay the debts, but she has agreed to do so as a gesture of goodwill.她并没有法律义务偿付债务,但作为友善的表示她已同意这样做。Although he's my son, I felt morally bound to tell the police what he'd done.虽然他是我的儿子,但我觉得道义上我有义务告诉警察他所做的一切。
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