obligated 音標拼音: ['ɑbləg
, etɪd]
obligated adj 1 :
caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course ;
"
felt obligated to repay the kindness "; "
was obligated to pay off the student loan " [
ant : {
unobligated }]
obligated \
obligated \
adj .
1 .
under a moral obligation to someone .
Syn :
beholden (
predicate ).
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WordNet 1 .
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2 .
under a legal obligation to someone .
Syn :
indebted .
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WordNet 1 .
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3 .
owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc .
Opposite of {
unobligated }. [
Narrower terms :
{
supposed (
predicate ),
required ]
Syn :
indebted .
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WordNet 1 .
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Obligate \
Ob "
li *
gate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Obligated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Obligating }.] [
L .
obligatus ,
p .
p .
of obligare .
See {
Oblige }.]
1 .
To bring or place under obligation ,
moral or legal ;
to hold by a constraining motive . "
Obligated by a sense of duty ." --
Proudfit .
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That '
s your true plan --
to obligate The present ministers of state . --
Churchill .
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2 .
To bind or firmly hold to an act ;
to compel ;
to constrain ;
to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge .
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That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations . --
Landor .
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obligated ":
affianced ,
answerable for ,
assured ,
beholden ,
beholden to ,
betrothed ,
bound ,
bounden ,
bounden to ,
chargeable ,
committed ,
compromised ,
contracted ,
duty -
bound ,
engaged ,
guaranteed ,
in duty bound ,
indebted to ,
intended ,
liable ,
obligate ,
obliged ,
obliged to ,
pledged ,
plighted ,
promised ,
responsible ,
saddled ,
sworn ,
tied ,
under obligation ,
underwritten ,
warranted
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