comply
verb [intransitive]- comply (with something)
to obey a rule, an order, etc.; to meet particular standards 遵从;服从;顺从 They refused to comply with the UN resolution. 他们拒绝遵守联合国的决议。 All furniture must comply with the fire safety regulations. 所有家具都必须符合消防安全规定。 When requested to leave, they refused to comply. 当被要求离开时,他们拒绝服从。 What sanctions can they take against us if we fail to comply? 如果我们不遵守,他们能对我们采取什么制裁措施?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- reluctantly
- happily
- …
- fail to
- refuse to
- with
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian complire, Catalan complir, Spanish cumplir, from Latin complere ‘fill up, fulfil’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’. The original sense was ‘fulfil, accomplish’, later ‘fulfil the requirements of courtesy’, hence ‘to be agreeable, to oblige ’or‘ obey’. Compare with compliment.