🇬🇧🇨🇳 obedient - 听话 : English Lesson

Meaning of "obedient" ("听话"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If you are obedient, you listen carefully, follow directions, and do what a parent, teacher, or leader tells you to do without arguing or breaking the rules.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The obedient cat sat when I told it to, but only because it had already decided to sit there anyway.

The obedient alarm clock woke me up on time, and I obediently ignored it and went back to sleep.

I told my obedient toy robot to "clean my room," so it obediently pushed everything under the bed.

Our obedient dog sat, stayed, and then stole my sandwich the moment I blinked.

Scientists say ants are very obedient to their queen—if you were an ant, your job might be "crumb carrier" or "cookie lifter in chief!"

The obedient dog sat, then stood, then caught the small red ball when the girl clapped. The obedient dog waited at the gate, obedient to the soft whistle while rain began. The obedient dog nudged the shivering kitten into her lap. The girl hugged him, grateful for her obedient helper.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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