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disobey

verb

🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/

🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they disobey	🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ 🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/
he / she / it disobeys	🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪz/ 🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪz/
past simple disobeyed	🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪd/
past participle disobeyed	🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪd/
-ing form disobeying	🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪɪŋ/

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disobey (somebody/something) to refuse to do what a person, a law, an order, etc. tells you to do; to refuse to obey不服从；不顺从；违抗
- He was punished for disobeying orders.他因违抗命令而受到惩罚。🔊🔊
- How dare you disobey me!你竟敢不听我的！
- She sighed deeply but dared not disobey.她深深地叹了口气，但不敢违抗。
opposite obey
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Disobey is used with these nouns as the object:
command
instruction
master
…
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desobeir, based on Latin oboedire ‘obey’, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.