obey
/əʊˈbeɪ/verb
with obj.
1- comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of服从; 顺从; 听从：
I always obey my father.
我总是听从父亲的意见。
1.1
- carry out (a command or instruction)遵守, 执行（命令、指示）：
the officer was convicted for refusing to obey orders
那个军官因拒绝执行命令而被定罪
no obj. when the order was repeated, he refused to obey.命令再次发出时, 他仍拒绝执行。
1.2
- behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.)遵循（原则、自然规律等）：
the universe was complex but it obeyed certain rules.
宇宙很复杂, 但它遵循一定的规则。
派生词
obeyer
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- 'in the direction of' + audire 'hear'.