| 单词 | noncompliant |
| 释义 | noncompliant (once / 54467 pages) adjn To be noncompliant is to be defiant and resistant to authority. When someone is compliant, they go along with what others — especially people in authority — want them to do. When someone is noncompliant, they resist authority. A child refusing to do homework or chores is being noncompliant. A citizen ignoring a police officer's request is being noncompliant. An actor telling a director to get lost is being noncompliant. Sometimes it’s good to be noncompliant, like when Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus. WORD FAMILYnoncompliant: noncompliance, noncompliants+/compliance: compliances/compliant: compliantly, noncompliant/comply: compliance, compliancy, compliant, complied, complies, complying USAGE EXAMPLESOn the campaign trail, Trump promised to get noncompliant jurisdictions on board. Slate(Nov 20, 2016) He was “known to go armed,” the police report stated, and was “noncompliant, hostile, combative and made furtive movements towards his pockets.” New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) The Transportation Security Administration, which oversees airport security, has said it intends to stop accepting noncompliant IDs on Jan. 22, 2018. Washington Times(Oct 31, 2016) 1adj boldly resisting authority or an opposing force Syn|Ant defiant insubordinate, resistant, resistive disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority obstreperousnoisily and stubbornly defiant recalcitrantmarked by stubborn resistance to authority difficult, unmanageablehard to control disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority insubordinatenot submissive to authority intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold unwillingnot disposed or inclined toward compliant disposed or willing to comply amenable, conformabledisposed or willing to comply lamblikelike a lamb in meekness and gentleness nonresistantoffering no resistance manageablecapable of being managed or controlled obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) willingdisposed or inclined toward 2n a person who refuses to comply Syn|Hypo|Hyper balker, baulker negativist someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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