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).
实用例句
1. Civil disobedience, violent or non-violent, is intentional law breaking.
公民抗命，不管是暴力还是非暴力的，都是故意犯法。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This form of civil disobedience isn't a particularly new phenomenon.
这种形式的非暴力反抗并不是特别新的现象。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The opposition threatened a campaign of civil disobedience.
反对党威胁发动民众进行非暴力反抗运动。
来自柯林斯例句
4. His behaviour was seen as another act of disobedience.
