obliging 音标拼音: [əbl'ɑɪdʒɪŋ]
a . 亲切的,体贴的,殷勤的,有礼貌的
亲切的,体贴的,殷勤的,有礼貌的
obliging adj 1 :
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others ;
"
to close one '
s eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover "; "
the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave " [
synonym : {
complaisant }, {
obliging }]
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OF .
obligier ,
F .
obliger ,
L .
obligare ;
ob (
see {
Ob -})
ligare to bind .
See {
Ligament },
and cf . {
Obligate }.]
1 .
To attach ,
as by a bond . [
Obs .]
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He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself . --
Bacon .
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2 .
To constrain by physical ,
moral ,
or legal force ;
to put under obligation to do or forbear something .
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The obliging power of the law is neither founded in ,
nor to be measured by ,
the rewards and punishments annexed to it . --
South .
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Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health . --
Tillotson .
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3 .
To bind by some favor rendered ;
to place under a debt ;
hence ,
to do a favor to ;
to please ;
to gratify ;
to accommodate .
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Thus man ,
by his own strength ,
to heaven would soar ,
And would not be obliged to God for more . --
Dryden .
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The gates before it are brass ,
and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII . --
Evelyn .
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I shall be more obliged to you than I can express .
--
Mrs .
E .
Montagu .
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obliging \
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bli "
ging \ ([-
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bl [
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j [
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ng ),
a .
Putting under obligation ;
disposed to oblige or do favors ;
hence ,
helpful ;
civil ;
kind .
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Mons .
Strozzi has many curiosities ,
and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them .
--
Addison .
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Syn :
Civil ;
complaisant ;
courteous ;
kind , -- {
Obliging },
{
Kind }, {
Complaisant }.
Usage :
One is kind who desires to see others happy ;
one is complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social intercourse by attentions calculated to please ;
one who is obliging performs some actual service ,
or has the disposition to do so .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
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adv . --
{
O *
bli "
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ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obliging ":
accommodating ,
accommodative ,
affable ,
agreeable ,
amenable ,
amiable ,
attentive ,
benevolent ,
benign ,
benignant ,
civil ,
complaisant ,
compliant ,
considerate ,
courteous ,
decent ,
deferential ,
delicate ,
easy ,
fair ,
friendly ,
generous ,
good -
humored ,
good -
natured ,
good -
tempered ,
graceful ,
gracious ,
heedful ,
helpful ,
indulgent ,
kind ,
kindly ,
lenient ,
mild ,
mindful ,
mindful of others ,
overindulgent ,
overpermissive ,
permissive ,
polite ,
regardful ,
respectful ,
solicitous ,
supportive ,
tactful ,
thoughtful ,
tolerant ,
urbane ,
willing
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