duty
n. 責任; 職務,職責; 上班; 稅
Duty is work that you have to do for your job.
Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work...
職員必須在平時上班的地方簽到。
My duty is to look after the animals.
我的責任就是照看這些動物。
Your duties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
I carried out my duties conscientiously...
我一絲不苟地履行我的職責。
He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
他被撤銷了總統顧問一職。
If you say that something is your duty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
我認為寫信向你表達謝意是我的責任。
Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
Import duties still average 30%.
進口稅的平均水平仍然在 30%。
...customs duties...
關稅
If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is off duty, they are not working. If someone is on duty, they are working.
I'm off duty...
我下班了。
Four officers were told to go off duty and rest at home...
四名官員已經被通知停職在家休整。
1. work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons;
2. the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;
3. a government tax on imports or exports;
duty, obligation, responsibility, function
這些名詞都有"義務"或"職責"之意。
do duty as (或 for)
代替…之用,充當
on (或 off) duty
在(或不在)值班(的),在上(或下了)班(的)
duty bound
責無旁貸的
I was on duty during the morning watch.
我值早班.
I have a duty to perform.
我有一種義務要盡.
As your father, I can set you free, but in my capacity as a king of the country I must do my duty and punish you.
作為你父親, 我可以釋放你, 但作為一個國王,我必須履行我的職責處罰你.
Do you consider contributions to the village funds a duty or a pleasure?
你把款捐給村莊作為基金,看作是義務還是樂事?
She was reprimanded for failing to do her duty.
她因失職而遭到了訓斥.