obedient

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to obey someone or something
obeyChildren must obey their parents.
followAll religions guide youths to follow the teachings of elders and parents.
complyThere are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
observePeople must observe the law.
adhere toThey failed to adhere to the terms of the agreement.
abide byPlayers must abide by the referee's decision.

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according to the law, rules, etc.
according toIf we do not act according to the rules laid down for such cases, there will be chaos.
in line withWhat she did was not always completely in line with the law.
in accordance withThe council has not acted in accordance with its obligations.
obeyIf they don't obey the rules, they will be asked to leave.
followWe are obliged to follow the law in this matter.
[ T ]
to behave according to a scientific principle: 遵守，遵循（科学定律）
Falling objects obey the law of gravity.自由落体遵循引力定律。
[ T ]
If your body or part of your body does not obey you, it does not work in the way it should: （身体或身体某部位）听从使唤
She was so tired her legs just wouldn't obey her any longer.她疲惫不堪，再也迈不动腿了。
He hated being in the army because he had to obey commands.他讨厌当兵，因为当兵必须服从命令。
With careful training, a dog will obey its master completely.受过精心训练的狗会完全听从主人的指令。
The role of the police is to ensure that the law is obeyed.警察的职责就是确保法律得到遵守。
Have you been obeying the rules?
He was disciplined for failing to obey orders.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Obeying & breaking the law
abide
abide by something
adhere
adhere to something
afoul
bac
buck
comply
contravene
derogation
disobey
enforcer
fall foul of somethingidiom
go by the book
guiltiness
guilty
infringement
shalt
venal
violation

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Occurring and happening
Inability and awkwardness

Examples of obeyed

obeyed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They paid taxes, obeyed administrators and contributed to military conscription, but strived to maintain cultural hegemony over what they considered as their sacred space.
Authority refers to the rightful exercise of power with the claim to be obeyed and relates to the legitimacy of a government branch.
Although thousands of people obeyed the law and the forestry officials' procedures, most probably did not.
The individuals' perception is that taxes and other laws must be obeyed.
Subjects obeyed de facto holders of power in exchange for protection.
The requirements of these constraints are obeyed, even though this introduces configurations otherwise avoided in the language.
However, there are often conflicts surrounding emotions and feeling rules because like all rules they can be obeyed or violated.
As a consequence they obeyed a novel verb's experimentally assigned transitivity much more closely when it was introduced as transitive.
This is accomplished by issuing rules that impose duties and confer powers and by threatening sanctions if the rules are not obeyed.
To most in our society, a rule is something set by someone - 'them' - which must either be obeyed or wilfully ignored.
The godly ruler was to be obeyed, but what of the ungodly ruler?
Though these imperatives are not invariably obeyed, they largely do shape behavior in the face of physical suffering.
Further, he states that once private mediation was determined, people usually obeyed it.
The social rules of conduct must be obeyed because a vastly superior being said they should.
In the great majority of cases, legal rules are simply obeyed.
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