duty n. 1.义务,本份;责任;职责,职务,职能。 2.忠节,孝顺;恭敬,尊敬,敬意;义,谊。 3.税,关税;【机械工程】功;能率;灌溉率;负荷,生产量;工作状态。 4.【军事】任务,勤务;兵役;【宗教】礼拜,(修行的)功课。 5.〔口语〕(原指小孩的)拉屎。 one's maternal duty 做母亲的本份。 postmen's duties 邮递员的职责。 filial duty 做女儿的义务。 That's no part of my duty. 那不是我管的事。 on radar duty for two years 当两年雷达兵。 duty call 礼节性拜访。 customs duties 关税。 export [import] duties 出口[进口]税。 After graduation, he began his duty. 他毕业后开始服兵役。 be in duty bound to (do sth.) 有义务(做某事)。 do duty as [for] 代…用,当…用 (bookcases that do duty as room dividers 当分隔房间墙壁的书柜)。 do [perform] one's duty 1. 尽义务,尽职;尽(友)谊。 2. 服兵役。 duty of water 一定区域内某种作物所需灌溉的水量。 fail in one's duty 失职。 off duty 在工作时间外,不值班,不值勤;下班 (go[come] off duty 下班)。 on duty 在工作时间内,值班,值勤;上班 (go on duty 上班)。 pay [send] one's duty to 对…表示敬意。 take sb.'s duty 替代某人的工作。
I arrive at the hospital at eight o'clock , but i do not go on duty until nine . 我八点钟就到医院了,但是九点钟我才去值班。
He made it a rule that either he or his wife should always be on duty in the shop during opening hours . 他规定在开店时间,妻子和他轮流站柜台。
Because of the absence, through illness, of a senior nurse, the night nurse on duty was junior and new . 一个老护士生病不在,值夜班的是一个年轻的新手。
The gas-masked ss men on duty inside give the commandant a momentary remembrance of his service in the last war . 看见戴着防毒面具在屋内值勤的党卫军,司令官一时回想起上次大战时他当兵的情形。
When he asked if mr. lane lived there , the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat , the minister had gone abroad . 当他询问雷恩先生是否住在那儿时,值班警察告诉他这位前首相落选后就到国外去了。
Department requests all officers not on duty to attend 每个休假的警员都要参加,
What are you doing ? aren ' t you supposed to be on duty 你来干嘛?你不是在职勤吗
Were you on duty ? . - no , i - i don ' t work here 你在值班吗? -不,我不在这里工作
- were you on duty ? . - no , i - i don ' t work here -你在值班吗? -不,我不在这里工作
They ' re still on duty . but what about tomorrow 今天他们仍在执勤。但是明天呢?