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disobedience

noun
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/
[uncountable]
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  1. the act of failing or refusing to obey不服从；不顺从；违抗
    • His behaviour was seen as another act of disobedience.他的这一行为被视作又一次反叛。
    • disobedience to somebody/something their disobedience to the king他们对国王的违抗
    • their disobedience to authority他们对当局的违抗
    see also civil disobedience opposite obedience
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • civil
    • wilful/​willful
    verb + disobedience
    • punish (somebody for)
    • practise/​practice
    • advocate
    • …
    preposition
    • disobedience  to
    phrases
    • an act of disobedience
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desobedience, from an alteration of ecclesiastical Latin inoboedientia.