disobey
verb [transitive, intransitive]- 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. 她深深叹了口气,但不敢违抗。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisobey is used with these nouns as the object:- command
- instruction
- master
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desobeir, based on Latin oboedire ‘obey’, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.