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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6344 COCA: 6685

oblige

Word family 
ldoce_758_zo·blige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ ●○○ verb formal  
1  [transitiveT]MUST if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc makes it necessary 〔因形势、法律、义务等关系而〕迫使，强迫
oblige somebody to do something
 The minister was obliged to report at least once every six months.
这位大臣必须至少每六个月作一次汇报。
 Circumstances had obliged him to sell the business.
客观情况迫使他出售公司。
feel obliged to do something (=feel that you have a duty to do something) 感到有责任做某事
 Many parents feel obliged to pay for at least part of the wedding.
许多父母都觉得有责任至少承担婚礼的部分费用。
Do not use oblige when you are talking about a person making someone do something they do not want to do. Use force or make: They made me (NOT obliged me to) stay behind after school.
说迫使某人做其不想做的事时，不要用 oblige，而要用 force 或 make :No one can force (不说 oblige) you to stay in a job that you hate. 没有人能够逼你继续做你不喜欢的工作。
n Grammar
Oblige is often passive in this meaning.
 Register
In everyday English, people usually say that you have to do something rather than are obliged to do something: 在日常英语中，人们一般说have to do sth，而不说be obliged to do sth
He had to sell the business.
他不得不出售公司。
2  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HELP to do something that someone has asked you to do 帮忙；答应〔某人的〕请求
 It’s always a good idea to oblige important clients.
能满足重要客户的请求总是好的。
happy/glad/ready etc to oblige
 If you need a ride home, I’d be happy to oblige.
如果你需要搭便车回家，我很乐意效劳。
3  I’d be obliged if spoken formalHAPPY used to make a polite request 如蒙…我将非常感激〔请别人帮忙时的客气话〕
 I’d be obliged if you’d treat this matter as strictly confidential.
此事如果您能严格保密，我将非常感激。
4. (I’m) much obliged (to you) spoken old-fashionedTHANK used to thank someone very politely (我对你)非常感谢，不胜感激〔用于礼貌地向某人致谢〕
Examples from the Corpus
(I’m) much obliged (to you)• Madam Deputy Speaker: I am much obliged to the hon. Gentleman.
5 FREQUENCY 使用频率
Examples from the Corpus
oblige• Many grown-up people feel obliged by such considerations to continue to acknowledge the authority of their parents over them.• I shall nevertheless oblige him to dance for his own good.• Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants.• For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.• Mobutu, of course, obliged, squeezing debt repayments from an impoverished people in his periodic bouts of structural adjustment.• Copyholders were obliged to attend meetings of the manor court, and any changes in tenancy were recorded in the court rolls.• Under the 1982 Supply of Goods and Services Act, the shop is obliged to clean with reasonable skill and care.• It was obliged to exploit its own resources, spiritual as well as material.
feel obliged to do something• The vendors, which depend on the tobacco firm for their livelihood, feel obliged to buy a table.• Once in the barn, Stewart felt obliged to follow through on the expedition by dramatically expressing undying love for Susan Mary.• Jobs demand nearly all our waking time, and we feel obliged to give it.• I felt obliged to invite all my family, although I didn't really want to.• A party which feels obliged to pitch such climbs in good conditions should really go and choose something easier.• It would probably not feel obliged to seek further authorisation from the Security Council.• Or what it is to speak so emphatically that even the phlegmatic Mrs Padmore feels obliged to underline it.• She wanted nothing too intimate, nothing which Susan might feel obliged to wear in front of anyone else.• So it felt obliged to withdraw the invitation.
happy/glad/ready etc to oblige• I was most happy to oblige.• The landlord's only too happy to oblige.• They will be only too happy to oblige.• Bouvet was happy to oblige, and the Portrait historique was reprinted in the 1699 edition.• Paul was always glad to oblige by hugging back, but not until you asked him.• The contributors to his journal are happy to oblige him.• Only too happy to oblige, she slipped out and along to the kitchen for her breakfast.
From Longman Business Dictionary
obligeo·blige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ verb
1[transitiveT] to make it necessary for someone to do something
be obliged to do something
As a result of falling profits, we were obliged to close the factory.
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to do something that someone has asked you to do
If you want something that is not on the menu, the staff are happy to oblige.
They wanted more direct information than we were giving, and we’ve obliged them.
Origin oblige
(1200-1300) Old French obliger, from Latin obligare, from ligare “to tie”
o·blige verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1
→5 FREQUENCY1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6344 COCA: 6685
oblige

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ADVERB | VERB + OBLIGE | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤duly (BrE) 一如期待地效勞◇The fans were looking for another goal and Owen duly obliged (= he scored).正當球迷們期待再入一球時，歐文不負眾望射門得分。➤kindly友好地幫忙➤gladly, happily, willingly樂意幫助；願意效勞➤grudgingly勉強幫忙VERB + OBLIGE➤be glad to, be happy to, be pleased to, be willing to樂意幫助；願意效勞◇He asked me for advice, and I was only too happy to oblige.他徵求我的意見，我很樂意效勞。◇The staff are always willing to oblige.員工們總是有求必應。PREPOSITION➤by勞駕做⋯◇Will you oblige by filling in this form?勞駕您填一下這張表格好嗎？➤with幫忙⋯◇Would you be willing to oblige us with some information?您願意為我們提供一些信息嗎？
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6344 COCA: 6685
oblige verb
⇨ force
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6344 COCA: 6685
oblige
To nag or force someone to do something: nag, force, compel...
To help someone: help, assist, support...

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