du·ty

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【释义】：

n．❶ 本分，义务，职务，责任：the rights and duties of a citizen公民的权利和义务．It is the sacred duty of every revolutionary to defend the socialist motherland．保卫社会主义祖国是每个革命者的神圣职责．on duty 上班，值班，值勤：the student on duty 值日生．be on sentry duty 站岗．off duty 下班．fail in one’s duty 失职．do duty for代替：An old wooden box did duty for a table．一个旧木箱代替桌子．as in duty bound责无旁贷的．❷ 税，关税：export(import)duties出(进)口税．stamp duties印花税．❸ 【机】能率．

－a．❶ 礼节上的：pay a duty call on sb．对某人作礼节上的拜访．❷ 值班的：a duty doctor值班医生．