Duty

(noun.) work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; 'the duties of the job'.

(noun.) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; 'we must instill a sense of duty in our children'; 'every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty'- John D.Rockefeller Jr.

(noun.) a government tax on imports or exports; 'they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries'.

录入:温思罗普

• Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• And if they really are in trouble--well, it is my duty to help them out of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was again put on night duty, much to his satisfaction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Of course I submitted to him, because it was my duty; it was my feeling for him, said Dorothea, looking through the prism of her tears. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He had never a gleam of religion or affection or the sense of duty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You must do your duty now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Take care my gaoler hasn't got double duty to do--take care your room is not a prison too. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I've got another pair in my pocket. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Catherine Barkley took three nights off night duty and then she came back on again. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Each has done his duty, and now, Kantos Kan, may we not repair at once to Hastor and get under way before to-morrow's sun? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But he felt it his duty at this moment to try and give a little harangue. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• To save her from misconstruction, cruel misconstruction, that even my friends have not been able to avoid, becomes my duty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapor-walled landscape. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The first wave is past, and the argument is compelled to admit that men and women have common duties and pursuits. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If such is the case, and Mr. Micawber forfeits no privilege by entering on these duties, my anxiety is set at rest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The art of war cannot be learned in a day, and there must be a natural aptitude for military duties. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The important feature of this boat was a diver’s compartment, enabling divers to leave the vessel when submerged, for the purpose of operating on wrecks or performing other undersea duties. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• You see,' returned Mr Boffin, with a confidential sense of dignity, 'as to my literary man's duties, they're clear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Ah, business--business--professional duties . 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• We learn to put our feelings back into ourselves, and to jog on with our duties as patiently as may be. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I left them still listening to him when I withdrew to attend to my new duties. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was lynch law of a kind; but in view of the responsibility, this action of the conductor lay well within his rights and duties. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I shut my eyes involuntarily, and endeavoured to recollect what were my duties with regard to this destroyer. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But upon the greater part of goods, those duties are equivalent to a prohibition. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

录入:米歇尔