oblige

1. V-T If you are obliged to do something, a situation, rule, or law makes it necessary for you to do that thing. 迫使

The storm got worse and worse. Finally, I was obliged to abandon the car and continue on foot. 暴風(fēng)雨越來(lái)越猛烈。最終，我被迫棄車徒步前行。

2. V-T/V-I To oblige someone means to be helpful to them by doing what they have asked you to do. (通過(guò)滿足要求而) 幫助

Mr. Oakley has always been ready to oblige journalists with information. 奧尅利先生一直樂(lè)於提供信息幫助記者們。

We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers. 我們致電3位經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家諮詢消除赤字的方法，他們滿足了我們的要求，給出了非常直接的答複。

3. CONVENTION If you tell someone that you would be obliged or should be obliged if they would do something, you are telling them in a polite but firm way that you want them to do it. (如矇…) 將不勝感激[正式]

I would be obliged if you could read it to us. 如果你能把它讀給我們聽(tīng)，我將不勝感激。