oblige过去式

1. 使负债务
2. 做好事，施惠于，施恩于，帮忙，施恩惠
3. 给
4. 借
5. 讨...的欢心，（为...）效劳，做某事以表示好意，取悦
6. 照...的意思办，满足...要求，答应...的请求，使满足
7. 感谢，感激，报效
8. 迫使（做），强迫，责成，强制
9. 使感激
10. 使不得不，使成为必要，使负义务
11. 以誓言束缚，使受约束

1. force somebody to do something;

   "We compel all students to fill out this form"
   

2. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;

   "He's held by a contract"
   "I'll hold you by your promise"
   

3. provide a service or favor for someone;

   "We had to oblige him"
   

1.(形势、规定或法律)强迫，迫使
If youare obliged to do something, a situation, rule, or law makes it necessary for you to do that thing.

e.g. The storm got worse and worse. Finally, I was obliged to abandon the car and continue on foot...
暴风雨愈发猛烈，我最终不得不弃车步行。
e.g. This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。

2.施恩惠于；帮…的忙
Tooblige someone means to be helpful to them by doing what they have asked you to do.

e.g. If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad tooblige...
如果你什么时候需要找人照看孩子，我很乐意帮忙。
e.g. We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers...
我们打电话给3位经济学家询问如何消除赤字，他们坦率地给予了答复。

3.感激不尽;不胜感激
People sometimes useobliged in expressions such as 'much obliged' or 'I am obliged to you' when they want to indicate that they are very grateful for something.

e.g. Much obliged for your assistance...
对您的帮助我不胜感激。
e.g. Thank you very much indeed, Doctor, I am extremely obliged to you.
大夫，太感谢您了，您真是我的大恩人。

4.如蒙…将不胜感激;劳驾…好吗
If you tell someone that youwould be obliged orshould be obliged if they would do something, you are telling them in a polite but firm way that you want them to do it.

e.g. I would be obliged if you could read it to us.
您若能把它读给大家听，我将不胜感激。

1. We'd be happy to oblige.
   我们乐于效劳。

1. Sorry,I can't oblige you.
   很抱歉,我不能帮你的忙。
2. I am looking after the baby to oblige her.
   我在照看着那个小孩,以使她高兴。
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3. We shall be much obliged if you are so kind as to make suggestions for improvement of our work.
   如果您能对我们的工作提出改进意见,我们将非常感激。
4. I should be obliged if you wouldn't say so.
   你如果不这样说,我就感谢你了。

1. The law obliges parents to send their children to school.
   法律强制父母送子女入学。
2. The police obliged him to leave.
   警方要他离开。
3. The treaty obliged them to provide cannon-fodder for it.
   这项条约迫使他们为它提供炮灰。
4. Poverty obliged her to live a hard life.
   贫困迫使她过艰苦的生活。
5. This fog may oblige me to walk home.
   这场雾可能会迫使我步行回家。
6. The school regulations oblige us to be present at school on time.
   校规要求我们必须按时到校。
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7. I shall be obliged to go tomorrow.
   明天我不得不去。
8. She was obliged to abandon that idea.
   她不得不放弃那个想法。
9. They were obliged to compromise on less questions.
   他们不得不在次要问题上做些让步。
10. We were obliged to be more strict with them.
    我们只好对他们再严一些。
11. I am obliged to leave early to catch my train.
    我得早点走去赶火车。
12. Because of the snowstorm,I was obliged to stay at home.
    因为暴风雪,我被迫呆在家里。
13. I feel obliged to say “No”.
    我只能说“不”。
14. He felt obliged to leave after such an unpleasant quarrel.
    在如此不愉快的争吵之后,他被迫离去。

• oblige much非常感激
• oblige deeply深表感激
• oblige exceedingly非常感激
• oblige infinitely无限感激
• oblige kindly劳驾(某人)
• oblige morally道德上迫使

• oblige by劳驾; 帮忙做
• oblige by posting letter劳驾寄信
• oblige for the information感激(某人的)消息
• oblige with以…使满足
• oblige with song用唱歌来满足

oblige, accommodate, favour

这组词的共同意思是“施恩于(某人)或答应(某人)的请求”。其区别是：

oblige通常指应某人的请求去做令人惬意的小事,或指对人所做的小事表示客气和礼貌; accommodate含有“有意协助”的意思,主要用在交易中指贷款等行为; favour专指纯粹出于好意、不附加任何义务或期待报答的惠赐。

oblige, compel, constrain, force

这组词的共同意思是“强迫”,都常用于被动结构。其区别在于:

1.compel指使用权力或各种手段迫使对方去做某事或处于某种状态; force主要指用武力或强制的办法去完成某事; constrain指由于受外界压力或环境的影响,迫使某人做某事,也可指受良心、情感或饥饿等方面的内在力量驱使去做某事; oblige则往往是由于客观原因促使某人做某事。例如:

When he was a young man, he was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons.早在青年时代,因为政治原因他被迫离开自己的祖国。

You cannot compel good work from unwilling students.你不能迫使不肯学习的学生学习好。

Cold weather constrained the plant's growth.寒冷的天气抑制了植物的生长。

I should be obliged if you wouldn't say so.你如果不这样说,我就感谢你了。

2.compel和force的主语既可以是人,也可以是物; oblige则一般以人作主语。例如:

When confronted by such clear evidence, the Senator was forced to eat his words in public.面对如此明白的证据,参议员只得当众收回前言。

Energy crisis compels fuel conservation.能源危机使人们必须节约燃料。

The police obliged him to leave.警方要他离开。

3.在语气上, compel和oblige较弱; 而force暴力威胁的含义较强。例如:

He was compelled to do it against his will.他不得不违心地做这件事。

The school regulations oblige us to be present at school on time.校规要求我们必须按时到校。

The enemy was forced to get back under our massive blows.在我方的沉重打击下,敌军被迫后退。

compel，force，constrain，oblige

这些动词均含“迫使”之意。

compel指在法律、权力、力量或行动等的驱使下被迫而为。

force指用个人意志、权力、权威或暴力等，迫使他人改变看法或做本不愿做的事。

constrain侧重施加约束力或有约束作用的影响，也指环境对人强加的影响迫使人去做某事，尤指受良心、情感等内在力量驱使去做某事。

oblige指由于生理上或道德上的需要，促使某人做某事，也指有权威的人或机构迫使某人做某事，还可指在特定情况下被迫作出的反应。