一、详细释义:


v.

(以法律、义务等)强迫,迫使 [T]


例句:

Pressing circumstances oblige us to deepen the reform and open wider to the outside world.

形势逼人,迫使我们进一步改革开放。


例句:

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.

该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。


(根据要求或需要)帮忙,效劳


例句:

I'll do any thing within reason to oblige.

凡能做到的我都愿效劳[尽力]。


例句:

We' d be happy to oblige.

我们乐于效劳。


二、词义辨析:


compel,force,constrain,oblige

这些动词均含“迫使”之意。 compel指在法律、权力、力量或行动等的驱使下被迫而为。 force指用个人意志、权力、权威或暴力等,迫使他人改变看法或做本不愿做的事。 constrain侧重施加约束力或有约束作用的影响,也指环境对人强加的影响迫使人去做某事,尤指受良心、情感等内在力量驱使去做某事。 oblige指由于生理上或道德上的需要,促使某人做某事,也指有权威的人或机构迫使某人做某事,还可指在特定情况下被迫作出的反应。


三、相关短语:


noblesse oblige

n. 地位高则责任重, 贵人应有的品德


四、参考例句:


Please oblige me by posting this letter.

请帮我把这封信寄了吧。


Circumstances oblige me to do that.

借十元钱给我好吗?


Would you oblige me by sending him a message?

请你劳驾替我给他送个口信好吗?


Please oblige me by turning down the radio.

劳驾您,请帮我把收音机的音量调低一些。


Pressing circumstances oblige us to deepen the reform and open wider to the outside world.

形势逼人,迫使我们进一步改革开放。


They would be happy to oblige him on receipt of the reply.

他们将乐意在接到伦敦的回电后满足他的要求。


Mr. Oakley has always been ready to oblige journalists with information.

奥克利先生一直乐于提供信息帮助记者们。


Pratt was more than happy to oblige as he had boasted of his styling talents on Instagram with what appeared to be a snap of his wife's braided locks.

帕拉特不胜荣幸的接受了女孩的邀请,他曾在图片分享网站上发了一张看似他妻子的编发照,以此炫耀自己的美发才能。