that you must do because of the law, rules, etc.
It is obligatory for all employees to wear protective clothing.
所有员工必须穿防护服装。
In the mid 60s he took the almost obligatory trip to India.
60 年代中期，他也赶时髦到印度一游。
1.义务的;应尽的;强制性的
2.【生】专性的
1.something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law or rule
2.used for describing something that happens or is done so often that people expect it
1.All that's going to do here is create an obligatory cuddle session, and when that happens, you've missed the point entirely.
如果你这样做了，就仿佛完成任务似地给了她爱抚，那么你就完全没有领悟要点。
2.At moments like this, it is not just easy, but obligatory, to say that safety and the environment must be overriding priorities.
在这样的时刻，说安全和环境必须高于一切，不仅容易，也是必要的。
3.The next day begins with a typical hearty Dutch breakfast, a quick tour of Gouda's town square and an obligatory visit to a cheese shop.
第二天我们先来了一顿丰盛的典型荷兰式早餐，然后快速地参观豪达镇的镇广场，再到了一家必去的奶酪店参观。
4.Marshal Saxe wished to arm the French cavalry with a blade of a triangular cross section so as to make the use of the point obligatory.
萨克斯元帅希望给法国骑兵装备剑刃三角截面的剑，使士兵只能刺击。
5.The whole trip would take a week or longer by the time I made the obligatory stops in South Korea, Japan, and China.
整个行程大约要一周或更长时间，因为还必须要去韩国、日本和中国做短暂停留。
6.The board of directors of the company recommends how much pidend should be paid out at its annual meeting and it is not obligatory.
公司董事会会建议派息金额，交由股东投票通过。就普通股而言，派发股息是公司的选择，而非义务。
7.The finding that most Muslims are fitting in is not just some by-the-way bit of information or an obligatory bow to American inclusiveness.
关于多数穆斯林同化的发现不仅仅是一点顺手拈来的信息或者是向美国包容性的鞠躬。
8.Seeing the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is an obligatory stop for tourists in London.
对于每一个去伦敦的游客来说白金汉宫皇家卫队的换岗仪式绝对值得一看。
9.It must be obligatory, apriori, to be honest , not to lie, not to beat your wife, to have children, etc. , etc.
人要诚实，不说谎，不打老婆，生儿育女，等等，诸如此类的东西必然具有义务性质，是先天的。
10.It seems to be all but obligatory to end books on America's role in the world on a note of sugary optimism.
似乎，描述美国在全世界作用的书籍几乎全部都是以甜蜜的乐观主义论调结尾。