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词组 obligation
释义 obligation
If you say that someone has an obligation to do something or a duty to do something, you mean that they ought to do it, because it is their responsibility. When obligation and duty are used like this, they have the same meaning.
The Government has an obligation to reverse the decline of this important industry.
Perhaps it was his duty to inform the police of what he had seen.


'duties'


Your duties are the things that you do as part of your job.
She has been given a reasonable time to learn her duties.
They also have to carry out many administrative duties.

You do not refer to the things that you do as part of your job as 'obligations'.

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