insubordinate

英 [ˌɪnsəˈbɔːdɪnət]

美 [ˌɪnsəˈbɔːrdɪnət]

adj.  不服从的; 不顺从的; 反抗的

复数：insubordinates　

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不服从的;不顺从的;反抗的
  If you say that someone isinsubordinate, you mean that they do not obey someone of higher rank.
  1. In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
     在企业内部,拒不服从指令的工人会面临遭解雇的威胁。

英英释义

adj

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  Synonym:resistantresistive
• not submissive to authority
  1. a history of insubordinate behavior
  2. insubordinate boys

双语例句

• Huang is as exacting a boss as he is an insubordinate employee, but he is often forced to suffer the rebelliousness of his staff.
  作为老板，黄的苛刻程度与他作为雇员的刺头程度相比有过之而无不及，但他也经常要忍受自己手下的叛逆。
• This morning at about nine o'clock, forewoman No.2, Wang Chin-chen, ran into my office to report that Yao Chin-feng in Row No.12 had made a mistake and was being insubordinate about it.
  是早上九点钟光景，第二号管车王金贞，跑到账房间来报告第十二排车的姚金凤犯了规则，不服管理；
• Their refusal to defer to humans like other domestic animals, which seemed wickedly insubordinate in earlier centuries, is now taken as evidence of self-respecting independence.
  猫与其它家养动物不同的与人类保持距离的个性，从前被认为是邪恶和不服从，但现在已被广泛作为独立和自尊的象征。
• That's an insubordinate response.
  这种回答是目无领导的。
• In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
  在企业内部，拒不服从指令的工人会面临遭解雇的威胁。
• If you're insubordinate, I shall put you under arrest.
  如果你要抗命，我会逮捕你的。
• It is a very high bar when we ask executives to be genuinely insubordinate in order to be moral.
  要求高管们真正违背命令以遵守道德准则的时候，这是个非常高的要求。
• Your actions are grossly insubordinate.
  你的行为是以下犯上。
• The old school headteacher remembered him as an insubordinate child.
  老校长记得他是一个不听话的孩子。