| 单词 | obedient |
| 释义 | obedient (once / 152 pages) adj If you always do what you’re told, you can be described as obedient. Authority figures love to have obedient followers. When you realize that the word obedient comes from a Latin word meaning “to obey,” it’s easy to remember what obedient means. Use obedient to describe someone who knows the rules, toes the line, and follows instructions. The word can refer to people (an obedient student), a group (obedient citizens), or even animals (an obedient dog). WORD FAMILYobedient: disobedient, obedience, obedientest, obediently+/disobedience: disobediences/disobedient: disobedience, disobediently/obedience: obediences USAGE EXAMPLESSo long as he is prime minister of Israel he knows he won’t get the totally obedient media he wants. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Yet, despite their energy, I find them not classical but academic: obedient to self-made rules without revealing any inner impulse. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) “She basically had one act, which was going from an obedient character to a machine-like avenger,” he added. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) adj dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority an obedient soldier obedient children a little man obedient to his wife the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed Syn|Ant compliant disposed or willing to comply submissiveinclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination goodhaving desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified manageablecapable of being managed or controlled acquiescent, biddablewilling to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest conformablequick to comply duteous, dutifulwillingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect Y2K compliantprepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries docilewilling to be taught or led or supervised or directed manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority incorrigibleimpervious to correction by punishment defiant, noncompliantboldly resisting authority or an opposing force badhaving undesirable or negative qualities difficult, unmanageablehard to control contrary, obstinate, perverse, waywardresistant to guidance or discipline fractious, recalcitrant, refractorystubbornly resistant to authority or control froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful, willfulhabitually disposed to disobedience and opposition recusantrefusing to submit to authority obstinate, stubborn, unregeneratetenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold |
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