v.服从；遵守；顺从；听从

We should obey the law. 我们应当遵守法律。

The abbot told him to obey the rules. 修道院院长告诉他要遵守规定。

We must obey the decencies and attend the funeral. 我们要遵照礼仪参加葬礼。

We agreed to serve your father and to follow his orders and obey his edicts. 我们很愿意服事你的父亲,遵行他的话,顺从他的命令。

Dogs can be trained to obey orders. 狗可以训练得听从命令。

obey的基本意思是“服从他人的意志或遵守某种规章制度”,指服从权威、更高的原则或某种驱动力量。

obey既可作不及物动词,也可作及物动词。用作及物动词时,后可接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。