2N-PLURAL 职责;任务;本职工作 Your duties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job. 职责;任务;本职工作
I carried out my duties conscientiously.
我一丝不苟地履行我的职责。
He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
他被撤销了总统顾问一职。
3N-SING [oft with poss]责任;本分 If you say that something is your duty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility. 责任;本分
I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
我认为写信向你表达谢意是我的责任。
4N-VAR 税Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy. 税
Import duties still average 30%.
进口税的平均水平仍然在 30%。
...customs duties.
关税
They are pressing the Chancellor to reduce excise duty on beer.
他们正给总理施压,要求降低啤酒的消费税。
5PHRASE 下班/上班;不值班/值班 If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is off duty, they are not working. If someone is on duty, they are working. 下班/上班;不值班/值班
I'm off duty.
我下班了。
Four officers were told to go off duty and rest at home.
四名官员已经被通知停职在家休整。
There were 2,250 policemen on duty in and around the stadium.
在体育场内及周边有 2,250 名警察在值勤。
Extra staff had been put on duty.
编外人员已经就职。
Quotations
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powersHenri Frédéric AmielJournal
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself togetherJoseph JoubertPensées
When a stupid man is doing something that he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his dutyGeorge Bernard ShawCaesar and Cleopatra
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the GodsPierre CorneilleHorace
England expects that every man will do his dutyHoratio Nelsonsignal at the Battle of Trafalgar
Duty, honour! We make these words say whatever we want, the same as we do with parrotsAlfred CapusMariage Bourgeois