obligation
US:/ˌɑblɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
UK:/ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
n.:
义务；责任；职责；（已承诺的或法律等规定的）义务
网络:
债务；恩惠；契约
Word forms: (复数) obligations
Examples
1.
Some shareholders and analysts argued that he and the company had an obligation to publicly disclose the nature of his condition.
一些股东和分析师表示，乔布斯和苹果都有义务公开披露他的健康状况。
2.
If you give out of a feeling of obligation or a sense of sacrifice, the underlying feeling is one of lack.
如果你是出于不得已的“义务”而布施，或者将布施看成一种“牺牲”，你深层的感觉其实就是“贫乏”。
3.
This seems mad, except that the obligation to repay the loan ensured the women did not squander the money.
这看起来太疯狂了，除非她们此举是为了确保自己不乱花钱而特意找个还贷的责任。
4.
The president told the audience at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville that the United States has an obligation to its latest war dead.
布什总统在杰克逊维尔告诉观众，美国有它的最新的战争死难者的义务在海军航空站。
5.
a contract is an agreement between two or more persons intended to create a legal obligation between them and to be legally enforceable.
合同是二人或多人之间为在相互问设定合法义务而达成的具有法律强制力的协议。
6.
Your letter arrived a few days ago and I must confess that this obligation completely slipped my mind.
你方的信几天前已到，我必须承认，我把这件事给忘了。
7.
In Celia's view, it was one more warning that the pharmaceutical business should accept moral obligation as well as legal ones.
在西利亚看来，它是对制药行业的再次警告，必须接受理应承担的道德义务和法律责任。
8.
Tosca says the company believes it has an obligation to help the local economy, which in turn helps the company.
托斯卡表示公司认为有义务帮助恢复当地的经济，反过来这对公司也有好处。
9.
Bonds of a country with its own central bank are simply a promise to repay one government obligation (ie, debt) with another (ie, currency).
一国央行发行的国债其实就是一个设有央行的国家发行的债券其实就只是承诺用一种政府负债（货币）来偿还另一种政府负债（债务）。
10.
There is no doubt that the renminbi is not a free floating currency, but there is no international obligation to let all currencies float.
无庸置疑，人民币汇率不是自由浮动的，但没有哪条国际性规定要求所有货币都自由浮动。