duty的经典引文是：Take that which is thy duty.出自：Bible (Tyndale): Matthew。duty的意思是n.义务；职责；责任；税；关税。duty【近义词】commitment。
一、详尽释义点此查看duty的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.职务;义务
Duty is work that you have to do for your job.
duty
e.g. Staff must report forduty at their normal place of work...
职员必须在平时上班的地方签到。
e.g. Myduty is to look after the animals.
我的责任就是照看这些动物。
2.职责;任务;本职工作
Yourduties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
e.g. I carried out my duties conscientiously...
我一丝不苟地履行我的职责。
e.g. He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
他被撤销了总统顾问一职。
3.责任;本分
If you say that something is yourduty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
e.g. I consider it myduty to write to you and thank you.
我认为写信向你表达谢意是我的责任。
4.税
Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
e.g. Import duties still average 30%.
进口税的平均水平仍然在 30%。
e.g. ...customs duties...
关税
5.下班/上班;不值班/值班
If someone such as a policeman or a nurse isoff duty, they are not working. If someone ison duty, they are working.
duty的意思
e.g. I'm offduty...
我下班了。
e.g. Four officers were told to go offduty and rest at home...
四名官员已经被通知停职在家休整。
三、网络解释
1. 关税：致此此卖主必须负担此包括带送此货物的费用和风险包含, 当可适用(参见14段介绍), 任何 关税(duty) (其条件包括此责任为及此风险於此完成海关管制程序及此管制程序的支付款, 海关关税,条列的此到指定地点工厂交货价(EXW)条件代表为此卖主此最小的义务,
四、例句
I feel it my duty to speak frankly to you.
我觉得我有义务要坦白地对你说。
She was ashamed to admit that she hadn't done her duty.
她羞愧地承认她没有尽到自己的义务。
He is on night duty three days a week.
他一个星期要上三天夜班。
He was dismissed for his neglect of duty.
他因玩忽职守而被开除了。
I think it my duty to serve the people.
我认为为人民服务是我的责任。
His heroic action came from a strong sense of duty.
他的英勇行为来源于强烈的责任感。
You pay the duty at the desk and get the receipt.
你可以在出纳台交税，然后拿到收据。
The government imposes a special duty on oil.
政府征特殊石油税。
The duty on imported vodka has been raised.
进口伏特加的关税已经提高了。
五、常用短语
六、词汇搭配
七、词语用法
duty的相关近义词
commitment、imperative、obligation、responsibility、function、part
duty的相关临近词
duvet、dutiful、dutyfree、dutypaid、duty pass、duty cost、duty cyde、duty tort、duty call、duty memo、Duty loss、duty paid