dutiful

英 [ˈdjuːtɪfl]

美 [ˈduːtɪfl]

adj.  尽职的; 顺从的; 恭敬的

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Collins.1 / BNC.19494 / COCA.19141

牛津词典

adj.

• 尽职的；顺从的；恭敬的
  doing everything that you are expected to do; willing to obey and to show respect
  1. a dutiful daughter/son/wife
     孝顺的女儿 / 儿子；贤惠的妻子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 顺从的;尽职的;恭敬的
  If you say that someone isdutiful, you mean that they do everything that they are expected to do.
  1. The days of the dutiful wife, who sacrifices her career for her husband, are over.
     贤妻为了丈夫而牺牲自己事业的时代已经结束了。

英英释义

adj

• willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
  1. a dutiful child
  2. a dutiful citizen
  3. Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife
  Synonym:duteous

双语例句

• They were both dutiful and attentive sons, and were regular in their visits to their parents.
  他们是两个孝顺的儿子，定期回家看望他们的父母。
• Now that he is a dutiful son, that he is a loyal, Cao Cao have to repeat the phrase.
  他既然是一个孝子，那他一定是一个忠臣，曹操有重复了这一句。
• And I as a dutiful son, as they choose that I shall BE descended from you.
  我当一个孝子，既然他们选定了我做你的后代。
• It should say that, for mother, I was dutiful son, the farthest son from her.
  应该说，对母亲，我是孝子，是离她最远的儿子。
• Dutiful son that I am.
  我是“孝顺”的儿子。
• I want to be a dutiful son.
  我会是个忠实的孩子的。
• He is always a dutiful person, so will not go off the rails.
  他向来是个守本分的人，不会做出越轨之事。
• I am a disappointing, though generally dutiful, student. That is, I do as I'm told
  我虽然总的来说循规蹈矩，但依然是个令人失望的学生，就是说，叫我做什么我就做什么。
• If I have one, I was a dutiful son, I would like to honor my parents.
  假如我有一百万，我是个孝子，我要用来孝敬我的双亲。
• The eldest was an extraordinary sailor& brave, dutiful, tough and adventurous.
  大儿子是一个非凡的水手：坚强、勇敢、尽职，而且富于冒险精神。