Overflowing email inboxes, housework, social obligations — it can be easy to feel overwhelmed.

邮箱爆满、家务、社会责任——这些都很容易让人感到不堪重负。

Early societies, such as the Babylonians and the ancient Egyptians, were static, with a fixed hierarchy of social obligations.

早期社会，例如巴比伦和古埃及，是静止的，每个阶层承担的社会责任固定不变。

Whereas local collaborations sometimes persist past the point of usefulness, because of social or academic obligations, international ones can be cultivated and dropped more freely.

因为社会和学术的规定，当地的一些合作有时候虽然无用但是还要持续下去，但是国际合作的建立和退出更加自由一点。

This is particularly true in a social obligation.

在社会义务中尤其如此。

C) They think it more urgent to fulfill their social obligations.

C) 他们认为履行社会义务更为紧迫。

Overflowing email inboxes, housework, social obligations – it can be easy to feel overwhelmed.

爆满的电子邮件收件箱、家务、社会义务——很容易让人感到不知所措。

When you're in college, conflicting responsibilities pile up quickly- multiple classes, work, campus activities, social obligations, and so forth.

当你上大学时，相互冲突的责任很快就会堆积起来——多种课程、工作、校园活动、社会义务等等。

It may come with a certain sense of social obligation to show up with somebody, to not be that single friend.

与某人一起出现可能会带来一定的社会义务感，而不是成为那个单身朋友。

It may come with a certain sense of social obligation to show up with somebody, to not be that single friend.

保罗：与某人一起出现可能会带来一定的社会义务感，而不是成为那个单身朋友。

Unlike the American manifestation of Valentine's Day, gifts of chocolate are often given as 'giri chocho', or a gift that is a social obligation rather than an expression of romantic love.

与美国情人节的表现形式不同， 巧克力礼物通常作为“giri chocho” 赠送，或者是一种社会义务礼物， 而不是浪漫爱情的表达。