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. 他觉得告诉警察他知道什么是他的职责。 We have a bounden duty to respond to this call for help. 我们有责任回应这一求助电话。