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1 obey
[ə'beɪ] 1.verbo transitivo obbedire a [ person]; obbidire a, attenersi a [ law]; seguire [ instructions]; dir. ottemperare a [ order]2.verbo intransitivo obbedire* * *[ə'bei, ]( American[) ou-](to do what one is told to do: I obeyed the order.) obbedire- obedient
- obediently* * *[ə'beɪ]1. vt2. vi* * *[ə'beɪ] 1.verbo transitivo obbedire a [ person]; obbidire a, attenersi a [ law]; seguire [ instructions]; dir. ottemperare a [ order]2.verbo intransitivo obbedire -
2 ♦ failure
♦ failure /ˈfeɪlɪə(r)/n.1 [cu] insuccesso, fallimento; fiasco; disastro: The party was a total failure, la festa è stata un fiasco completo (o un disastro); a miserable failure, un insuccesso clamoroso; an abject failure, un miserevole fallimento; un fallimento totale; doomed to failure, destinato (o condannato) al fallimento; to end in failure, fallire; fare fiasco; finire male; to meet with failure, fallire; non avere successo; fare fiasco2 ( di persona) fallito, fallita; fallimento; disastro; frana (fam.): He thinks of himself as a failure, si considera un fallito; He's a failure as a teacher, come insegnante, è un disastro3 [uc] (il) non fare qc.; mancanza; inadempienza; omissione: failure to obey the rules, l'inosservanza del regolamento; the government's failure to address the problem, l'inerzia del governo riguardo a questo problema; his failure to understand, la sua incapacità di capire; il fatto che non capisca; your failure to be elected, la tua mancata elezione5 (med.) collasso: cardiac failure, insufficienza cardiaca; heart failure, collasso (o arresto) cardiaco; liver failure, insufficienza epatica; kidney failure, insufficienza renale7 (comput., mecc.) guasto, panne; avaria; malfunzionamento; interruzione: engine failure, guasto al motore; (elettr.) power failure, interruzione della corrente; (comput.) failure recovery, ripristino dopo un malfunzionamento8 [uc] (fin., leg.) fallimento10 esame fallito; studente bocciato● (leg.) failure of issue, mancanza di discendenti (o d'eredi) □ (leg.) failure to appear, mancata comparizione in giudizio; contumacia □ (leg.) failure to perform, mancata esecuzione; inadempimento contrattuale. -
3 flout
[flaʊt]verbo transitivo sfidare, farsi beffe di [convention, rules]* * *(to refuse to respect or obey: He flouted the headmaster's authority.) disprezzare, schernire* * *flout /flaʊt/n.beffa; atto di scherno; derisione; dileggio.(to) flout /flaʊt/A v. t.trasgredire intenzionalmente; ignorare apertamente; sfidare; farsi beffe di: to flout the rules, ignorare apertamente il regolamento; to flout convention, sfidare le convenzioniB v. i.(arc.) deridere; schernire; farsi beffe (di); sbeffeggiare: to flout at sb., deridere q.; schernire q.; farsi beffe di q. NOTA D'USO: - to flaunt o to flout?-.* * *[flaʊt]verbo transitivo sfidare, farsi beffe di [convention, rules] -
4 observe
[əb'zɜːv]1) (see, notice) osservare, notare2) (watch) [ police] osservare, sorvegliare; [ doctor] tenere sotto osservazione; [scientist, researcher] osservare3) (remark) (fare) osservare, (fare) notare4) (adhere to) osservare, rispettare [law, custom, Sabbath]* * *[əb'zə:v]1) (to notice: I observed her late arrival.) notare2) (to watch carefully: She observed his actions with interest.) osservare3) (to obey: We must observe the rules.) osservare, rispettare4) (to make a remark: `It's a lovely day', he observed.) osservare•- observant
- observation
- observatory
- observer* * *[əb'zɜːv]1) (see, notice) osservare, notare2) (watch) [ police] osservare, sorvegliare; [ doctor] tenere sotto osservazione; [scientist, researcher] osservare3) (remark) (fare) osservare, (fare) notare4) (adhere to) osservare, rispettare [law, custom, Sabbath] -
5 rebellion
[rɪ'belɪən]nome ribellione f., rivolta f.* * *[rə'beljən]1) (an open or armed fight against a government etc.) ribellione2) (a refusal to obey orders or to accept rules etc.) ribellione, rivolta* * *rebellion /rɪˈbɛlɪən/n.ribellione; rivolta: The methods employed by the regime to put down the rebellion were ruthless, i metodi impiegati dal regime per schiacciare la rivolta sono stati spietati; teenage rebellion, ribellione adolescenziale; to suppress a rebellion, reprimere (o domare) una rivolta.* * *[rɪ'belɪən]nome ribellione f., rivolta f. -
6 be a law unto oneself
(to be inclined not to obey rules or follow the usual customs and conventions.) trasgredire
См. также в других словарях:
play by the rules — obey the rules (of a game, society, etc.), play fair … English contemporary dictionary
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mind the rules — obey the laws, follow the regulations … English contemporary dictionary
broke the rules — did not obey guidelines, violated the rules (of a game) … English contemporary dictionary
obey — verb ADVERB ▪ immediately, instantly, quickly ▪ She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed. ▪ blindly, meekly ▪ unquestioningly … Collocations dictionary
obey — 01. We are trying to teach our dog to [obey], but he is just plain stupid. 02. Actress Katherine Hepburn once remarked that if you [obey] all the rules, you miss all the fun. 03. If you don t [obey] the rules, you will be asked to leave. 04. In… … Grammatical examples in English
obey — verb (I, T) to do what someone in a position of authority tells you to do, or to do what a law or rule says you must do: The men always obey him. | “Stand still!” he bellowed. Only a few obeyed. | obey an order/command: Soldiers are expected to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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obey — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accede, accept, acquiesce, acquiesce in, act, adhere to, agree, agree to, assent, attend to orders, be agreeable, bend to, bow, bow to, carry out, comply, comply with, condone, conform, conform to, conform… … Moby Thesaurus
The Concept of Law — (ISBN 0 19 876122 8) is the most famous work of the legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart. It was first published in 1961 and develops Hart s theory of legal positivism (the view that laws are rules made by human beings and that there is no inherent or … Wikipedia
obey — obey, comply, mind are comparable when they mean to follow the wish, direction, or command of another. Obey is the general term and implies ready or submissive yielding to the authority of another (as by the performance of his command or bidding) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
