obey
obey
verb
obeyer
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.]comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of
服从；遵守
I always obey my father.
我总是听从父亲的意见。
■carry out (a command or instruction)
执行（命令、指示）
the officer was convicted for refusing to obey orders.
那个军官因拒绝执行命令而被定罪。
[no obj.]when the order was repeated, he refused to obey.
命令再次发出时，他仍拒绝执行。
■behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.)
遵循（原则、自然规律等）
the universe was complex but it obeyed certain rules.
宇宙很复杂，但它遵循一定的规则。
obeyer
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- 'in the direction of' + audire 'hear'
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