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obliged 音标拼音: [əbl'ɑɪdʒd] v. 强制,赐,恩惠
vbl. 强制,赐,恩惠 强制,赐,恩惠强制,赐,恩惠 obliged adj 1: under a moral obligation to do something [ synonym: { duty- bound( p)}, { obliged( p)}] Oblige \ O* blige"\ ([- o]* bl[ imac] j"; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Obliged} ([- o]* bl[ imac] jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Obliging} ([- o]* bl[ imac]" j[ i^] ng).] [ OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob ( see { Ob-}) ligare to bind. See { Ligament}, and cf. { Obligate}.] 1. To attach, as by a bond. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something. [ 1913 Webster] The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. -- Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate. [ 1913 Webster] Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. -- Mrs. E. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster] 29 Moby Thesaurus words for " obliged": acknowledging, appreciative, beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, compelled, crediting, duty- bound, forced, grateful, in duty bound, indebted, indebted to, made, much obliged, obligate, obligated, obliged to, pledged, required, saddled, sensible, thankful, tied, under obligation
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