obligate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒb.lɪˌɡeɪt/    美 /ˈɑ.blɪˌɡeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An obligate organism.
动词 v.
  1. To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie. transitive
    — That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says.
  2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige. Canada,Scotland,US,transitive
  3. To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation. Canada,Scotland,US,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Requiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc.
    — [A]nalysis of the chemical composition of their bones reveals that they were obligate carnivores.
  2. Indispensable; essential; necessary; obligatory; mandatory; unavoidably invoked.
    — In addition to being the obligate food source for monarch caterpillars, milkweeds also provide abundant nectar for the adult butterflies.
  3. Bound by oath, law or duty. obsolete
    — The Law sayith, Mack a mendis for thy synne. The Father of Heaven is wraith wyth thee. Quhair is thy rychteousnes, goodnes, and satisfactioun ? Thou art bound and obligat unto me, [to] the devill, and [to] hell.

词形变化

obligates present,singular,third-person obligating participle,present obligated participle,past obligated past more obligate comparative most obligate superlative obligates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
obligatee obligation obligator obligatory nonobligate obligate carrier obligately

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin obligātus, perfect passive participle of obligō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of oblige, taken through French.
词源 2
Partly inherited from Middle English obligat(e) (“bound (by any obligation), obliged”), partly directly borrowed from Latin obligātus, see Etymology 1, -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
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