mandatory

Definitions

from mandate (an order placed in your hands) + -ory (relating to) = relating to something handed to you that you have no choice but to do. Mandatory things are not optional — they are commanded.

Common Collocations

• 1.mandatory requirement强制性要求
• 2.mandatory sentence强制刑期
• 3.make mandatory强制规定
• 4.mandatory retirement强制退休

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Attendance at the safety briefing is mandatory for all staff.

• 2.

  The court imposed a mandatory minimum sentence.

Easily Confused

mandatory vs compulsory vs obligatory — near-synonyms for 'required.' mandatory leans legal/official (mandatory sentence); compulsory is common for rules, especially education (compulsory schooling); obligatory often hints at social or moral duty (the obligatory thank-you note).