duty

duty
['djuːtɪ]
n
1) долг
- public duty
- professional duty
- sacret duty
- father's duty
- woman's natural duty as wife
- one's imperative duty
- sea duty
- duty of parents
- the duty of a citizen
- strong sense of duty
- in duty bound
- from a sense of duty
- be true to one's duty
- do one's maternal duty
- do one's full duty to the country
- find it one's duty
- think it one's duty
2) обязанность, деятельность, функция
- numerous duties
- pleasant duty
- smb's double duty
- main duty
- numerous and urgent duties
- one's basic duties
- policeman's duty
- pressing duty
- duty call
- duty list
- duty officer
- duties of an officer of the day
- duties of office
- first duty of education
- neglect of duty
- operator on duty
- soldier on active duty
- in duty status
- off duty
- be off duty
- be on duty
- be bound in duty to do smth
- desert one's duty
- be on active duty
- be on day duty
- be on guard duty
- be on ground duty
- be on patrol duty
- be on picket duty
- be on sentry duty
- carry out the duties of head of delegation
- be discharged from one's duties
- commence one's duties
- neglect one's duties
- shirk one's duties
- lay aside one's duties
- discharge one's duties with great skill
- do double duty
- do duty for smb
- do duty
- do duty as an executive
- fail in one's duty
- go about one's duties
- report for duty
- enter into one's duties
- resume one's duties
- return to teaching duties
- shift a duty on someone else
- take smb's duties
- undertake over assume to carry out escape the duties of a chairman
3) пошлина, сбор, налог

How much duty is on tobacco? — Какая пошлина на табак?

- heavy duty
- customs duty
- stamp duty
- death duty
- tariff duties
- entertainments duty
- duty on foreign goods
- abolish the duty on cotton
- be subject to customs duty
- be free of duty
- impose heavy duties
- pay income duty
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USAGE:
(1.) Существительное duty 2. чаще употребляется в форме множественного числа: to go about one's duties заняться своими делами; to take smb's duties выполнять чьи-либо обязанности; to neglect one's duties халатно относиться к своим обязанностям. (2.) Предложные сочетания to be on/off duty обычно используются в сферах постоянных служб: армии, больницах, полиции, постоянно действующих систем обслуживания - быть на посту, нести дежурство/вахту: it was the same nurse that had been on duty at the time of the accident это была та же сестра, которая дежурила во время аварии; she'll be off duty at noon она окончит дежурство (сдаст дежурство) в полдень. Не рекомендуется употреблять в школьной ситуации в значении "дежурить, быть дежурным". Вместо этого можно использовать существительное duty в конструкции: who's duty is it (to bring the books)? кто должен (принести книги)?

Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. . 2010.

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