They could not choose but obey.

他们除了服从外别无选择。

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I am not merely civil to him, but obey him like a corporal, though I am his senior.

我不仅对此恭恭敬敬，而且像班长一样服从他，虽然我比他年长。

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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.

惟有结党不顺从真理，反顺从不义的，就以忿怒恼恨报应他们。

youdao

We are bodies in motion, and who cannot help but obey the law or the physics of attraction and repulsion.

我们处在运动状态，这是无法控制的，只有遵循规律,或者引力和斥力的规律。

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But, they really care about this stuff. So, I'm going to obey.

但是，他们真的很在意,这些东西，所以，我还是要遵守。

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