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obedient 音標拼音: [ob'idiənt] a. 服從的,順從的,孝順的 服從的,順從的,孝順的 obedient adj 1: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; " an obedient soldier"; " obedient children"; " a little man obedient to his wife"; " the obedient colonies... are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ ant: { disobedient}] Obedient \ O* be" di* ent\, a. [ OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, - entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See { Obey}.] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. [ 1913 Webster] And floating straight, obedient to the stream. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief' s command. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive. [ 1913 Webster] 62 Moby Thesaurus words for " obedient": abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, agreeable, amenable, assenting, biddable, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, conforming, conscientious, consenting, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, dutiful, ethical, faithful, flexible, humble, law- abiding, loyal, malleable, meek, moral, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obeisant, observant, other- directed, passive, plastic, pliant, reconciled, resigned, respectful, scrupulous, servile, sheeplike, submissive, subservient, supine, timid, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, unresistant, unresisting, willing, yielding |
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