obligation/commitment/duty/function/responsibility.导航词义：义务，责任

1. obligation:n. 义务，责任.指法规、合同等规定的该做或不该做的事，含强制之意；也指因诺言、誓言等而必须要做的事。

Employees are under no obligation to buy any products from their own company.

员工没有义务购买本公司生产的产品。

They have to fulfil the obligations imposed on them by the treaties.

他们不得不履行条约规定的义务。

He kept the secret for her out of a sense of obligation.

他出于责任感而替她保守秘密。

In fact, greater resources are needed to meet these obligations.

事实上，履行这些义务需要更多的财力。

2. commitment:n. 承诺；承诺之事.指会去做某事的保证或保证去做的事情。

The company made a commitment to quality.

该公司对质量作出承诺。

88 percent of respondents said marriage should be a lifelong commit-ment.

88%的受访者表示婚姻应该是一辈子的承诺。

She's got a lot of commitments.

她作出了多项承诺。

3. duty:n. 责任，义务.指在道义或法律上应尽的本分，强调自觉性；也指工作职责，此时通常用复数。

He feels it is his duty to help his neighbors.

他觉得帮助邻居是他的责任。

She was brought up to have a strong sense of moral duty.

她从小就被教育要有强烈的道德责任感。

Never forget your duty to your motherland.

切勿忘记你对祖国应尽的义务。

His duties included sweeping the lawn.

他的职责包括清理草坪。

4. function:n. 职责，职能.指某人的工作职责或某事物的职能或功用。

Are you ready to perform your functions in your new job?

你准备好在新的工作岗位上履行职责了吗？

What's the function of this newly founded department?

这个新成立的部门的职能是什么？

5. responsibility:n. 责任，义务.指管控某人或某事物的责任、对不良事件所负的责任或工作职责，强调对他人的责任。

Generally speaking, a promotion means higher salary and more responsibility.

一般而言，升职意味着更多的薪水和更大的责任。

It's your responsibility to inform them of any changes.

如有任何变动，你有责任通知他们。

Who should accept full responsibility for the political crisis?

谁应该为这场政治危机负全责？

Her responsibilities include handing out brochures and answering the phone.

她的职责包括分发宣传册和接听电话。

全部

1·We made a commitment to keep working together.

我们作了承诺要继续在一起工作。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Will the president be able to hold to this commitment?

总统能恪守这一承诺吗？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·His commitment to nonviolence led to a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

他一直致力于非暴力运动，因而获得1989年的诺贝尔奖。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·He reaffirmed his commitment to the country's economic reform programme.

他重申了对这个国家经济改革计划的承诺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care.

这家医院承诺要提供最好的医疗服务。《牛津词典》

6·She doesn't want to make a big emotional commitment to Steve at the moment.

她不想在此刻对史蒂夫在感情上作出重大的承诺。《牛津词典》

7·I don't want to do anything that will involve me in a long-term commitment.

我不想做任何会使自己做出长期承诺的事情。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·The president spoke of a shared commitment to world peace and economic development.

总统谈到了一项促进世界和平和经济发展的共同承诺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·He says that it is not his place to comment on government commitment to further funds.

他说，他不便评论政府对进一步提供资金的承诺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·He questioned the government's commitment to peace and called on it to make a gesture of good will.

他质疑政府的和平承诺，并呼吁其摆出善意姿态。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

承诺

1·We made a commitment to keep working together.

我们作了承诺要继续在一起工作。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·He reaffirmed his commitment to the country's economic reform programme.

他重申了对这个国家经济改革计划的承诺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I don't want to do anything that will involve me in a long-term commitment.

我不想做任何会使自己做出长期承诺的事情。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·She doesn't want to make a big emotional commitment to Steve at the moment.

她不想在此刻对史蒂夫在感情上作出重大的承诺。《牛津词典》

5·The president spoke of a shared commitment to world peace and economic development.

总统谈到了一项促进世界和平和经济发展的共同承诺。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

保证

1·Taurus likes to plan life but Libra will make no such commitment and this can lead to some violent abuse on both sides.

金牛喜欢计划生活，而天秤不会做出这样的保证，这会导致双方出现一些剧烈的伤害。

2·Change moves us to action - if we are really going to change, we must make a commitment to change followed with action.

改变需要我们行动——如果我们真的要改变，我们必须保证会用实际行动去改变。

3·The Balls, who are moving to Cape Town, said they chose Voyageurs du Monde because of its commitment to preserving the rich heritage of the thatched-roof rondavel-style house.

正举家迁往开普敦的巴尔夫妇表示，他们选中环球之旅公司是因为该公司保证将保留这座圆顶茅草屋的丰富历史遗迹。

4·Nor did Obama offer any really new ideas on the Israeli-Palestinian impasse, reiterating the unshakeable US commitment to Israel's security.

奥巴马也并未给巴以僵局带来任何新想法，只不过是再次重申了对以色列的安全保证。

5·He avoided making a commitment, telling me how many young Israelis he had buried because of Arafat.

他回避做出保证，告诉我说，由于阿拉法特，他已经埋葬了很多年轻的以色列人。

委身

1·Your mission statement is a part of your life purpose statement. It should include your commitment to share your testimony and the Good News with others.

你的使命宣言是你的人生目的宣言的一部分，应包括你委身向人分享见证与神的好消息。

2·Tested - God does not tempt us; Satan tempts us to make us fall. God tests us in order to confirm our faith or prove our commitment.

试验- - -神不会引诱试探我们；撒旦引诱我们堕落。神试验我们以此来让我们确定自己的信心或证实我们委身的心志。

3·We need to rise up in faith with full commitment to tape into what God wants to do through the resources that he has released into our hands!

我们需要兴起在信心上有充足的委身，来进入神释放给我们的资源，做成神要我们做的事！

4·Faith is also full commitment to God even if he chooses not to rescue us.

信心同时也是向神全然委身，即使祂选择不救我们。

5·Spiritual wellness is the willingness to seek meaning and purpose in life, caring and concern for others, and commitment to a force greater than oneself.

心灵健康是指自发寻求人生的意义和目的，关心及关注他人，并且委身于比个人更大的力量。

承担义务

1·This principle is an extension of both the commitment principle and the success principle.

这个原则是对承担义务原则和成功原则的一种扩展。

2·This principle is an extension of the management principle and is necessary for effective and efficient administration of the project commitment.

该原则是管理原则的一个扩展，对于项目承担义务管理的效率和效力是必不可少的。

3·Policies and procedures that are effective and efficient must be in place for the proper conduct and control of the project commitment.

有效的和高效的策略和程序必须符合对项目的适当指导和对项目承担义务的适当控制。

4·If these variables prove not to be mutually compatible and definitely not attainable, the commitment is neither equitable nor are key success criteria likely to be met.

如果这些变量证明并不是相互一致以及很明显达不到的话，那么这种承担义务即不是公平的，也很可能不是满足项目成功的关键标准。

5·Sustaining that progress will require continuing U.S. resolve and commitment.

保持这种进展需要美国继续保持决心和承担义务。

献身

1·Everything you do requires effort and some level of commitment. So make that effort and commitment count for something that's truly important to you.

做任何事情都需要付出努力和一定程度上的献身精神，因此把它们投入到真正对你重要的事情上去吧。

2·They are looking for someone with a real sense of commitment to the job.

他们正在找一个对这一工作有献身精神的人。

3·As we proceed with our subject, we shall discover that these sensitive lanes of temptation are not automatically secured by an initial commitment to Christ.

随着主题的展开，我们就会发现借着最初的一次向基督献身并不自动地使我们这些敏感的试探通道得到保护。

4·Mission: Rooted in an inspiring natural setting, Berkshire School instills the highest standards of character and citizenship and a commitment to academic, artistic and athletic excellence.

植根于一个鼓舞人心的自然环境中，巴克夏中学旨在培养最高标准的性格和公民身份，以及为追求学术、艺术和运动的卓越而献身的精神。

5·For the extracurricular and personal components, you need to be heavily involved in a few meaningful activities, which allow you to demonstrate leadership, commitment, and passion.

对于课外和个人方面，您需要参加一些有意义的活动，那些能够展现您的领导力、献身精神和热情的活动。

委托

1·Building commitment and agreement to the strategy and its implementation with those managers and staff affected by the strategy (both business and it).

构建对策略的委托及协议，并且由那些受策略(业务和IT)影响的经理和员工执行。

2·This level of commitment helps smartphone OEMs to iterate platforms much more quickly than they could do so alone.

这种程度的委托帮助智能手机OEM商们能够快速获得平台的更新，比他们自己单独去做要快得多。

3·Many high-level project managers like to ceremonially go around the room getting verbal commitment on an early skeleton schedule.

13许多高水平的项目经理喜欢形式上在房间里走一走，对早期的时间表框架进行口头上的委托事项。

4·No person shall be bound to enter into any contract or binding legal commitment and no monies or other form of consideration is to be accepted on the basis of this Preliminary Prospectus.

没有任何人必须根据本先期招股章程签订任何合同或有法律约束力的委托，也不必据此承担任何现金或其他形式的报酬。

5·This level of client participation is rare, and we were delighted to see the level of personal commitment put into the details.

这种级别的客户参与十分罕见，我们也很高兴看到这样的个人委托，因为能够实施更多细节。

(1)organizational commitment组织承诺；组织认同感

(1)professional commitment专业承诺

(1)make a commitment承诺

(1)firm commitment包销承诺；坚定的承诺

(1)affective commitment感情承诺；情感认同

(1)financial commitment财务承诺；财政承担