c. 1400, from Old French desobedience, from Vulgar Latin *disobedientia (replacing Latin inobedientia) from Latin dis- (see dis-) + obedientia (see obedience). The English word replaced earlier desobeissance in this sense, and inobedience (c. 1200).
雙語例句
1. Civil disobedience, violent or non-violent, is intentional law breaking.
公民抗命，不管是暴力還是非暴力的，都是故意犯法。
來自柯林斯例句
2. This form of civil disobedience isn't a particularly new phenomenon.
這種形式的非暴力反抗并不是特別新的現象。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The opposition threatened a campaign of civil disobedience.
反對黨威脅發動民眾進行非暴力反抗運動。
來自柯林斯例句
4. His behaviour was seen as another act of disobedience.