duties

英 [ˈdjuːtiz]

美 [ˈdutiz]

n.  责任; 义务; 本分; 上班; 值班; 职责; 任务
duty的复数

IELTS

牛津词典

• 以上各词均指任务、工作。
  These are all words for a piece of work that sb has to do.
• 尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的任务、工作：
  a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one
  1. Our first task will be to set up a communications system.
     我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
• 指职责、任务：
  tasks that are part of your job
  1. Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
     你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。
• 指官方使命、使团的使命：
  an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country
  1. They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.
     他们承担了在该地区核查事实的工作。
• 指一项任务、一件工作：
  a piece of work that sb has to do
  1. I've got various jobs around the house to do.
     我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
• 指分派的工作、任务、布置的作业：
  a task that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies
  1. You must complete three written assignments.
     你必须完成三个书面作业。
• 指日常事务、例行工作、尤指令人厌烦或无聊的家务活：
  a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring
  1. household chores
     家务杂活

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 职务;义务
  Dutyis work that you have to do for your job.
  1. Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work...
     职员必须在平时上班的地方签到。
  2. My duty is to look after the animals.
     我的责任就是照看这些动物。
• N-PLURAL 职责;任务;本职工作
  Yourdutiesare tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
  1. I carried out my duties conscientiously...
     我一丝不苟地履行我的职责。
  2. He was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser.
     他被撤销了总统顾问一职。
• N-SING 责任;本分
  If you say that something is yourduty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
  1. 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。
• N-VAR 税
  Dutiesare taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
  1. Import duties still average 30%.
     进口税的平均水平仍然在 30%。
  2. ...customs duties...
     关税
  3. 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。
• PHRASE 下班/上班;不值班/值班
  If someone such as a policeman or a nurse isoff duty, they are not working. If someone ison duty, they are working.
  1. I'm off duty...
     我下班了。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Extra staff had been put on duty.
     编外人员已经就职。

双语例句

• He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties
  为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。
• The committee carried out the duties entrusted to it.
  委员会履行了赋予它的职责。
• She was excused duties on Saturday.
  星期六她不用工作。
• Each attends to his own duties.
  各司其事。
• They thought that he should resume his kingly duties.
  他们认为他应该继续履行君主的职责。
• Officers and men perform their assigned duties conscientiously.
  将士用命。
• I was lax in my duties.
  我对本职工作马虎松懈。
• Import duties still average 30%.
  进口税的平均水平仍然在30%。
• His father would accuse him of neglecting his filial duties
  他的父亲会指责他不尽孝道。
• Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights
  律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。