英语词汇“disobey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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disobey

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	disobey
	he, she, it	disobeys
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	disobeyed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have disobeyed
	he, she, it	has disobeyed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had disobeyed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will disobey
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have disobeyed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am disobeying
	he, she, it	is disobeying
	you, we, they	are disobeying
Past	I, he, she, it	was disobeying
	you, we, they	were disobeying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been disobeying
	he, she, it	has been disobeying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been disobeying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be disobeying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been disobeying

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Black had disobeyed the judge's ruling, and continued to harass his ex-wife.
It was unfair of the teacher to make us stay after school, but no one dared disobey.
My father was very strict and old-fashioned, but I never disobeyed him.
Pilots who disobey orders to land can face up to five years in prison.
Protestors disobeyed the law and blocked the city's main roads.
Troops openly disobeyed orders, refusing to use force against their own people.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert, or show cowardice, or disobey orders.
Christians, he insisted, had to disobey any who went against the law of reason or the codes of religion.
Conversely, you may be entitled to disobey an instruction which management ostensibly has the power to give.
He tells them how he was punished for disobeying orders.
I should have liked simply to disobey orders and stay in the trench.
It made her glad she was disobeying them; gladder still that she and Rob were lovers.
No matter what your instructions are, it is difficult to disobey a direct order from the President of the United States.

THESAURUS► disobey

to not obey a person, order, rule, or law: · In the army, it is a crime to disobey a superior officer.· He had disobeyed the school rules.

► break a law/rule

to not obey a law or rule: · Anyone who breaks the law must expect to be punished.

► defy

formal to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or law, or what someone in authority tells you to do: · The police arrested the youth for defying a court order.

► flout

formal to deliberately disobey a rule or law in a very public way: · Timber companies are continuing to flout environmental laws.

► violate

formal to disobey a law, or do something that is against an agreement or principle: · Both countries have accused each other of violating the treaty.· Technically he had violated the law.

► contravene

formal to be against a law, rule, or agreement, or to do something that is against a law, rule, or agreement: · The British government’s actions contravened the European Convention on Human Rights.

Longman Language Activatorto not obey a person► disobey

to not do what you are told to do by someone in authority: · It was unfair of the teacher to make us stay after school, but no one dared disobey.· My father was very strict and old-fashioned, but I never disobeyed him. · Black had disobeyed the judge's ruling, and continued to harass his ex-wife.

► not do as you're told

if someone, especially a child, does not do as they are told , they refuse to obey a parent, teacher, etc: · "Daddy, why?" "Don't ask, just do as you're told."· If she doesn't do as she's told, send her to her room.

► defy

to deliberately disobey someone in authority, even though you know this will make them angry: · Billy defied his mother, and smoked openly in the house.· She said she would defy the party leader and vote against him.

► go against somebody's wishes

to not do what someone has asked you to do, or what you know they want you to do: · They went against their parents' wishes and got married secretly.· Sacha went against her family's wishes by leaving school at 16.

► rebel

to deliberately behave in a way that is completely different from the way that your parents and people in general expect you to behave: · Her parents wanted her to go to university, but she rebelled and went to live on a commune.rebel against: · Teenagers tend to rebel against people in authority.

to not obey a rule or law► disobey

to not obey a law or rule: · Protesters disobeyed the law and blocked the city's main roads.· Troops openly disobeyed orders, refusing to use force against their own people.

► break a rule/law

to not do what a rule or law says you must do: · Students who break the rules and smoke in school will be suspended.· I do not want my sons' TV role models to be tough, cool guys, who break laws and kill people. break the law: · If you fail to buy a ticket before you get on the train, you are breaking the law.

► violate

formal to disobey or do something that is against a rule, agreement, principle etc: · This action violated the constitution and the Civil Rights Act.· Police have arrested twenty people, accused of violating a ban on demonstrations.

► disregard

also ignore to pay no attention to a law, rule, or to what someone has told you to do, and behave as if it does not affect you. Disregard is more formal than ignore: · Many cyclists ignore the law and ride around at night without lights.· I tell her to come home by 10 o'clock, but she just ignores me.· Marlow sometimes disregards the law, but his aim is always justice.· By disregarding speed limits and passing red lights, we somehow got to the airport in time.

► contravene

formal to break a particular written law, rule, or agreement: · The sale of untreated milk may contravene public health regulations.· If a licence holder contravenes any of these conditions, their licence will be withdrawn.

► flout

: flout a rule/law etc to deliberately break a law or a rule, especially because you think it is unnecessary or stupid: · Many bar owners flout the laws on under-age drinking.· Thousands of people are killed on our roads every year, yet a majority of us insist on flouting speed limits.

someone who refuses to obey people, rules, laws etc► disobedient

someone, especially a child, who is disobedient does not do what he or she is told to do by a parent, teacher etc: · Lee stood before her like a disobedient schoolboy.· She said that if we were disobedient she would send us home immediately.

► defiant

not obeying people in authority and showing that you have no respect for them: · Her reply was clear and defiant.· Defiant party members openly challenged the leadership.defiant of somebody/something: · Demonstrators became increasingly defiant of police controls.

► rebellious

someone, especially a young person, who is rebellious deliberately disobeys people in authority such as their parents or teachers: · Such extremist groups may well attract rebellious teenagers.· Maria was headstrong and rebellious.

► rebel

someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a completely different way from the way people are expected to behave by society and by people in authority: · In his black leather jacket and chains he looked every inch the young rebel.· She was a rebel, who horrified her family by rejecting a promising career in law to become an actor.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► disobey/ignore an order

· Anyone who disobeys these orders will be severely punished.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► order

· I should have liked simply to disobey orders and stay in the trench.· He tells them how he was punished for disobeying orders.· A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert, or show cowardice, or disobey orders.· No matter what your instructions are, it is difficult to disobey a direct order from the President of the United States.· A soldier who feared flying was fined £600 yesterday for endangering a civil aircraft and disobeying the captain's orders.

WORD FAMILYnounobedience ≠ disobedienceadjectiveobedient ≠ disobedientverbobey ≠ disobeyadverbobediently ≠ disobediently