obeyed
past simple and past participle ofobey
| 单词 | obeyed |
| 释义 | obeyed past simple and past participle ofobey obey verb uk/əʊˈbeɪ//əˈbeɪ/us/oʊˈbeɪ/B2[IorT] toactaccordingto what you have beenaskedororderedto do by someone inauthority, or tobehaveaccordingto arule,law, orinstruction: Thesoldiersrefusedto obey(orders). to obey therulesofinternationallaw See also obedient to obey someone or something
according to the law, rules, etc.
[T] tobehaveaccordingto ascientificprinciple: Fallingobjectsobey thelawofgravity. [T] Ifyourbodyorpartofyourbodydoes not obey you, it does notworkin the way it should: She was sotiredherlegsjust wouldn't obey her anylonger.
Obeying & breaking the law
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Occurring and happening Inability and awkwardness Examplesofobeyedobeyed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They paid taxes,obeyedadministrators and contributed to military conscription, but strived to maintain cultural hegemony over what they considered as their sacred space. From theCambridge English Corpus Authority refers to the rightful exercise of power with the claim to beobeyedand relates to the legitimacy of a government branch. From theCambridge English Corpus Although thousands of peopleobeyedthe law and the forestry officials' procedures, most probably did not. From theCambridge English Corpus The individuals' perception is that taxes and other laws must beobeyed. From theCambridge English Corpus That was a good time and childrenobeyedtheir parents. From theCambridge English Corpus Subjectsobeyedde facto holders of power in exchange for protection. From theCambridge English Corpus The requirements of these constraints areobeyed, even though this introduces configurations otherwise avoided in the language. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there are often conflicts surrounding emotions and feeling rules because like all rules they can beobeyedor violated. From theCambridge English Corpus As a consequence theyobeyeda novel verb's experimentally assigned transitivity much more closely when it was introduced as transitive. From theCambridge English Corpus This is accomplished by issuing rules that impose duties and confer powers and by threatening sanctions if the rules are notobeyed. From theCambridge English Corpus To most in our society, a rule is something set by someone - 'them' - which must either beobeyedor wilfully ignored. From theCambridge English Corpus The godly ruler was to beobeyed, but what of the ungodly ruler? From theCambridge English Corpus Though these imperatives are not invariablyobeyed, they largely do shape behavior in the face of physical suffering. From theCambridge English Corpus Further, he states that once private mediation was determined, people usuallyobeyedit. From theCambridge English Corpus The social rules of conduct must beobeyedbecause a vastly superior being said they should. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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