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义务
Obligation
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
我的父母抚养我长大，让我相信你有道义上的责任去拯救世界。
I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.
我认为我们对孩子有一种道德上的责任，可以很容易地总结为:第一，保护他们免受伤害。
Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.
我们的责任是保存过去不得不为自己说的话，并为我们自己说什么将是真正的未来。
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
晚餐邀请，一旦被接受，是一项神圣的义务。如果你在晚宴前去世，你的遗嘱执行人必须出席。
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
当一个人有机会来帮助他时，不让他遭受饥饿是对他的一项永恒的义务。
It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.
永远做一个领导者是一个领导者的庄严义务。即使当——也许尤其是当——你不想成为一个领导者的时候。
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.
我很确定，神只给我们一条诫命，一项义务，那就是怜悯别人。
Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young and the sick. We stand strongest when we stand with the weakest among us.
我们每个人都知道我们有义务照顾老人、小孩和病人。当我们与我们当中最弱小的人站在一起时，我们就会最强。
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
臣民对君主的义务被理解为与他能够保护他们的权力一样长久，而且不再长久。
We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.
我们不仅有法律义务履行我们的承诺，我们还有道德义务为这些人提供我们承诺提供的保险。
We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.
我们有义务与创造、与我们的资本和谐相处……神的创造。我们需要非常小心地管理和工作。
There are a lot of obligations when you put out a record and it does well. People want to talk to you, which is nice. So then you make sure you do that.
有很多义务，当你推出一个记录，它做得很好。人们想和你聊天，这很好。所以你要确保你做到了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it.
我有天赋，如果你有天赋，你就有义务使用它。
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
太急于偿还债务是一种忘恩负义。
Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
当然，这就是为什么你想成为一名作家——因为你有这样做的自由，但一旦你有了自由，你也有义务去做。
Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.
孩子不是一种权利，而是一种特权义务。
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
对拥有的对象不负有义务的占有接近幸福。
We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
我们有义务和责任对我们的学生和学校进行投资。我们必须确保那些有成绩、有愿望、有意愿，但没有钱的人仍然能够得到最好的教育。