comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of
服从;顺从;听从
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I always obey my father .我总是听从父亲的意见。
carry out (a command or instruction)
遵守,执行(命令、指示)
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the officer was convicted for refusing to obey orders 那个军官因拒绝执行命令而被定罪
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[no obj.]
when the order was repeated, he refused to obey .命令再次发出时,他仍拒绝执行。
behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.)
遵循(原则、自然规律等)
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the universe was complex but it obeyed certain rules .宇宙很复杂,但它遵循一定的规则。
"Middle English: from Old French