do duty
尽责,尽职尽责,尽职,职责
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Definitions
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plural du·ties.
- : something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- : the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation.
- : an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function: the duties of a clergyman.
- : the respectful and obedient conduct due a parent, superior, elder, etc.
- : an act or expression of respect.
- : a task or chore that a person is expected to perform: It's your duty to do the dishes.
- : Military. an assigned task, occupation, or place of service: He was on radar duty for two years.the military service required of a citizen by a country: After graduation, he began his duty.
- : Commerce. a specific or ad valorem tax imposed by law on the import or export of goods.
- : a payment, service, etc., imposed and enforceable by law or custom.
- : Chiefly British. tax: income duty.
- : Machinery. the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.the measure of effectiveness of any machine.
- : Agriculture. the amount of water necessary to provide for the crop in a given area.
- : Baby Talk. bowel movement.
Phrases
- duty bound
- above and beyond (the call of duty)
- active duty
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
With more than 30 million people in the United States at least partially vaccinated against covid-19, you may wonder whether the shot has done its duty, arming your immune system to fight off infection.
On the first Tuesday in December, the texts to Teen Line stacked up faster than the six volunteers on duty could answer them.
Extra duty provisions were tagged whenever the contract acknowledged the existence of such an arrangement.
The former chief, Philip Zacche, pleaded guilty to taking money for extra duty work he didn’t do.
The story you tell is of deferring to others, out of an unspoken sense of duty — that this is how marriage or family work so you’re going to do your part.
In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.
Our duty is to make sure that they realize that the Prophet is not avenged.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
Each did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him."
The dead bodies of the two men were guarded until next day, for justice to do its duty.
That alone is being sent to your Majesty as a report, in order to inform you of everything, as is my duty.
His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"