do duty for

常见例句

Honey can do duty for sugar.
蜂蜜可代替白糖用。
In an emergency a tightly tied woman's stocking can do duty for a car's fan belt so that you can drive it to a garage.
出現緊急情況時，把女子長襪系緊後可以充作汽車鼓風機皮帶，這樣就可以將汽車開到汽車脩理廠去。
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Mr Rogers will do duty for me while I'm away next week.
下周我外出時，羅傑斯先生代我履行職務。

Some others If I might have a right to X, do you have a duty to fulfill that for me?
其他的像如果我有某項權利，你有沒有義務幫我實現？
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節選
Would it be just to torture the suspect to get the information or do you say no, there is a categorical moral duty of respect for individual rights?
爲了拿到情報而對他嚴刑拷打，是否郃理,抑或你不贊同，你認爲有尊重個人權利的絕對道德責任？
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節選

In Mr Flusfeder's hands, external barriers do duty for inner ones as the lines between good and bad, sane and crazy, blur and disappear.
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The prayer asks for courage and strength for each soldier to do their duty when they risk their lives to protect our freedom, and expresses thanks for the sacrifice of these men and women and their families.
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Now there is a political duty for us to do our homework.
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