duty-bound

基本解釋

Any IVF clinic that suspects a financial incentive has been offered is duty-bound to refuse treatment.
任何一家試管受精診所，對(duì)有可能獲得金錢激勵(lì)了的捐助有義務(wù)拒絕受理。
But she felt duty-bound to try to earn a living and speak out, whereas most victims dare not show themselves.
但是，她覺得有責(zé)任掙錢生活并大膽說話，而多數(shù)受害者不敢在人前露面。
Few did. Many workers felt duty-bound to go to Fukushima, particularly those with families who were directly affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
但是很少有人這樣做，很多工人都覺得自己有責(zé)任去福島，尤其是對(duì)那些直接受到地震和海嘯沖擊的家庭。

He feels duty-bound to participate materially in this political controversy rather than merely remaining in his studious retirement, however pleasant that is, at his father's house.
他覺得自己有責(zé)任積極參與到,這場(chǎng)政治爭(zhēng)端中來,而不是僅僅拘泥于晚年的學(xué)究生活，不管那種生活是多么的愜意。
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Mr Portillo is not duty-bound to put unity first, so he prefers not to time-limit his opposition.
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Men and women move about, duty-bound, ignoring him for the most part as they disappear around corners and into entryways.
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If you say you are duty-bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it.