| 单词 | insubordinate |
| 释义 | insubordinate (once / 11832 pages) adj If you want to be insubordinate, go ahead and break the rules, ignore orders, and act like a disobedient rebel. Words that have similar meanings to insubordinate include "rebellious" and "mutinous." But while insubordinate people don't follow orders, rebellious folks openly defy them and mutinous groups try to overthrow the authority that created them. When baseball player Jackie Robinson objected to racial discrimination in the Army in the 1940s, he was accused of being insubordinate. He was court martialed, but found innocent and acquitted. WORD FAMILYinsubordinate: insubordinately+/insubordination: insubordinations/subordinate: insubordinate, subordinated, subordinately, subordinateness, subordinates, subordinating, subordination/subordination: insubordination, subordinations USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s a long line of individuals willing to replace somebody who is insubordinate. Slate(Nov 14, 2016) Telford Taylor, his eventual boss, noted that his Army files indicated that he was occasionally insubordinate. Washington Post(Aug 31, 2016) Some saw the comments as disloyal, insubordinate and a violation of time-honored code, but more lauded Mickelson for forcing needed change. Golf Digest(Aug 29, 2016) 1adj not submissive to authority a history of insubordinate behavior insubordinate boys Syn|Ant defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force contumaciouswilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient disobedient, unrulyunwilling to submit to authority mutinousdisposed to or in a state of mutiny rebelliousresisting control or authority subordinate subject or submissive to authority or the control of another submissiveinclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination low-level, subordinatelower in rank or importance feudatoryowing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign ruledsubject to a ruling authority dependent, subjectbeing under the power or sovereignty of another or others subservientcompliant and obedient to authority 2adj disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority Syn resistant, resistive defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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