obligate
US
UK obligate [sb] vtr: formal (oblige morally, legally) (正式用语)
SC 将责任加诸于
SC 要求...必须
Children will not do chores on their own; you must obligate them.
obligate [sb] to do [sth] v expr: formal (oblige morally, legally)
SC 使…负责
TC 使…負責
TC 使…負責
SC 使…承担义务
The court obligated the father to pay child support every month.
obligate [sth] vtr: formal (money: pay as security)
SC 预留 yù liú
obligate adj: (biology: restricted, compelled) (生物学)
SC 专性的
TC 專性的
TC 專性的
The domestic cat is an obligate carnivore; it must eat meat to survive.