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单词 disobedient
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Definition of disobedient in English:

disobedient

adjective dɪsəˈbiːdɪəntˌdɪsəˈbidiənt
  • Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.

    Larry was stern with disobedient employees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Police worked overtime at the weekend, patrolling roads for close to 20 hours on Saturday in an effort to catch disobedient drivers.
    • A four-year-old may be disobedient today, but it isn't necessarily clear what that means for the child's behaviour tomorrow.
    • Anita, a few years older, is everything Meena wants to be - the disobedient, uncompromising leader of a gang of girls.
    • With the day progressing and the sun beating down relentlessly, the animals became increasingly irritable and even disobedient.
    • Whether the country's powerful media outlets like it or not, disobedient voices have transformed the national debate.
    • Very often such limitations take the form of disobedient opposition to the rules.
    • Children cannot be shown as disobedient or in conflict with adults.
    • In it, a mischievous and disobedient kitten, Tom, gets lost in the hidden places of ‘an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages’.
    • Meanwhile, City Of York Council's Murray Rose has introduced a range of initiatives to improve the behaviour of the most disobedient pupils.
    • The warning letter is being sent out to persistently disobedient operators along with details of similar cases that resulted in people being jailed or fined.
    • ‘Hop in quickly,’ my pilot Adam hollered, as the crew struggled to hold the disobedient balloon.
    • A lot of the behaviour parents call naughty or disobedient is just a normal part of development.
    • It begins with a character named Zoe who decries the practice of rewarding punctuality while punishing those who are late or disobedient.
    • He ordered his followers to abstain from violence, and let the world see the brutality of the British empire on the peaceful yet disobedient Indians.
    • Although they still have some problems with disobedient clientele, they are seriously trying to comply with the law of the land.
    • I mean, that's the biggest way I was disobedient with my parents.
    • Jacob looked utterly defeated at that moment, as if I were a disobedient child that refused to be punished.
    • My sisters always said that I am the disobedient and rebellious child, but did I ever care?
    • My brother describes me as constitutionally disobedient.
    • The whole event existed somewhere between a mildly disobedient vigil, a human rights conference, and a counterculture festival.
    Synonyms
    insubordinate, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, delinquent, disruptive, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, mutinous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, non-compliant, wilful, unbiddable, intractable, obstreperous, awkward, difficult, perverse, contrary
    naughty, mischievous, impish, roguish, rascally
    British informal bolshie
    archaic or Law contumacious

Derivatives

  • disobediently

  • adverbdɪsəˈbiːdɪəntliˌdɪsəˈbidiəntli
    • My head started spinning, and for a dizzying moment, my hands disobediently came up to grip his arms.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His gray eyes glinted with an air of impatience as he offered a helping hand to another being, a small boy, his choppy brown locks sticking out disobediently in all directions as he was pulled back to his feet.
      • I can hear the rain beating down on the roof like a meteor shower as our car lurches violently from side to side, rocking disobediently on its haunches, fat tyres chafing loudly over what appears to be a long, shallow pond.
      • My eyes disobediently traveled him up and down before I slid out the door.
      • I want to talk to the boss,’ I said disobediently.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French desobedient, based on Latin oboedient- 'obeying' (see obedient).

 
 

Definition of disobedient in US English:

disobedient

adjectiveˌdɪsəˈbidiəntˌdisəˈbēdēənt
  • Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.

    Larry was stern with disobedient employees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Children cannot be shown as disobedient or in conflict with adults.
    • Anita, a few years older, is everything Meena wants to be - the disobedient, uncompromising leader of a gang of girls.
    • A four-year-old may be disobedient today, but it isn't necessarily clear what that means for the child's behaviour tomorrow.
    • Whether the country's powerful media outlets like it or not, disobedient voices have transformed the national debate.
    • I mean, that's the biggest way I was disobedient with my parents.
    • ‘Hop in quickly,’ my pilot Adam hollered, as the crew struggled to hold the disobedient balloon.
    • Although they still have some problems with disobedient clientele, they are seriously trying to comply with the law of the land.
    • He ordered his followers to abstain from violence, and let the world see the brutality of the British empire on the peaceful yet disobedient Indians.
    • Police worked overtime at the weekend, patrolling roads for close to 20 hours on Saturday in an effort to catch disobedient drivers.
    • In it, a mischievous and disobedient kitten, Tom, gets lost in the hidden places of ‘an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages’.
    • A lot of the behaviour parents call naughty or disobedient is just a normal part of development.
    • With the day progressing and the sun beating down relentlessly, the animals became increasingly irritable and even disobedient.
    • Meanwhile, City Of York Council's Murray Rose has introduced a range of initiatives to improve the behaviour of the most disobedient pupils.
    • It begins with a character named Zoe who decries the practice of rewarding punctuality while punishing those who are late or disobedient.
    • My sisters always said that I am the disobedient and rebellious child, but did I ever care?
    • My brother describes me as constitutionally disobedient.
    • Jacob looked utterly defeated at that moment, as if I were a disobedient child that refused to be punished.
    • The warning letter is being sent out to persistently disobedient operators along with details of similar cases that resulted in people being jailed or fined.
    • Very often such limitations take the form of disobedient opposition to the rules.
    • The whole event existed somewhere between a mildly disobedient vigil, a human rights conference, and a counterculture festival.
    Synonyms
    insubordinate, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, delinquent, disruptive, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, mutinous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, non-compliant, wilful, unbiddable, intractable, obstreperous, awkward, difficult, perverse, contrary

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French desobedient, based on Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’ (see obedient).

 
 
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