vt.迫使；责成；使感激；施恩于；帮 ... 的忙；使…成为必要
vi.帮忙
The law oblige parents to send their children to school. 法律上要求父母送子女入学。
The Convention contains innovative measures that oblige countries to return stolen assets to their rightful owners. 公约载有一些责成各国将被盗资产返还其合法所有人的创新措施。
I'm much obliged to you. 我非常感谢你。
I am obliged to you for your gracious hospitality. 我很感谢你的热情好客。
Could you oblige me by closing the door? 请你为我关上门好吗？
用作不及物动词 (vi.)oblige的基本意思是“在武力或法律的制约下不得不做某事”。引申可表示“答应请求”“施惠于”,在表示此义时, oblige只指小事情,不指大事情,施惠的具体内容用by doing sth 或with sth 来表示。
oblige可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词作宾语,还可接以动词不定式充当宾语的复合结构。
oblige可用于被动结构。
oblige一般不与形式主语it连用。例如: 他得给他父亲回信。误:It obliged him to answer his father'sletter.正:He felt obliged to answer his father'sletter.
oblige的主语并不一定是人,也可以是物。
and oblige是商业信末尾的套语,意为“感谢”。oblige把其下面的签名作宾语,所以oblige之后不用句号。例如:Kindly look into the matter, and obligeYours very truly,John多谢合作您忠实的伙伴约翰
