Idioms
a/your bounden duty
- (old-fashioned, formal)
something that you feel you must do; a responsibility which cannot be ignored 应尽的义务;不可推卸的责任 He felt it was his bounden duty to tell the police what he knew. 他觉得把他所知道的告诉警察是他义不容辞的责任。 We have a bounden duty to respond to this call for help. 我们有责任响应这一求助。