每日一词retreat（每日一词43oblige）

每日一词retreat（每日一词43oblige）They attacked him in various ways--with barefaced questions ingenious suppositions and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour Lady Lucas. ◆ I felt obliged to ask them to dinner. 我不得不请他们吃饭。◆ He suffered a serious injury that obliged him to give up work. 他受伤严重，不得已只好辞掉工作。be obliged to do sth. 被迫

oblige / əˈblaɪdʒ/ ( formal) verb.

[transitive   usually passive ] oblige sb to do sth to force sb to do sth by law because it is a duty etc. （以法律、义务等）强迫，迫使

◆ Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school. 法律规定父母必须送子女入学

◆ I felt obliged to ask them to dinner. 我不得不请他们吃饭。

◆ He suffered a serious injury that obliged him to give up work. 他受伤严重，不得已只好辞掉工作。

be obliged to do sth. 被迫做某事。

They attacked him in various ways--with barefaced questions ingenious suppositions and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour Lady Lucas.