required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory (根据法律、道德标准、其他规章的规定)应承担义务的,必须做到的;强制性的 use of seat belts in cars is now obligatory. 如今在车上使用安全带是必须的。 ■(often humorous)so customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion (常幽默)(依照习惯或风尚)少不了的;必有的 after the obligatory preamble on the weather he got down to business. 在一番必有的关于天气的开场白之后他开始了正题。 ■(of a ruling) having binding force (规定,裁决,决定)有约束力的 a sovereign whose laws are obligatory. 其法律有约束力的主权国家。
派生 obligatorily adverb 语源
late Middle English: from late Latin obligatorius, from Latin obligat- 'obliged', from the verb obligare (see oblige)