obedient

adjective
🔊/əˈbiːdiənt/
🔊/əˈbiːdiənt/
Idioms
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  1. doing what you are told to do; willing to obey顺从的;忠顺的;唯命是从的
    • an obedient child听话的孩子
    • obedient to somebody/something He was always obedient to his father's wishes.他一向顺从父亲的意愿。🔊🔊
    opposite disobedient
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryObedient is used with these nouns:
    • child
    • servant
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
Idioms
your obedient servant
  1. (old use) used to end a formal letter(用作正式信函的结束语)您恭顺的仆人