devoir
devoir
[dəˈvwɑː]
noun
[dəˈvwɑː]
noun
- (archaic)a person's duty
(古)义务，责任，职责
you have done your devoir right well.
你已经很好地尽责了。
■(pay one's devoirs)pay one's respects formally
致敬，尊敬
- pay one's respects formally
- Middle English: from Old French deveir, from Latin debere 'owe'. The spelling, and subsequently the pronunciation, was changed under the influence of modern French devoir
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