The child could not even swallow a morsel, though she tried to eat out of obedience.

这孩子连一口也咽不下去，尽管她非常听话地想要吃下去。

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No, I`m not talking about orders and obedience.

不，我没在谈论命令和服从。

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Still, he did not pass in front of it any more, in obedience to the instinct of timidity and to the instinct of prudence common to lovers.

但是他仍同时服从情人们那种怯弱和谨慎的本能，不再往前移动。

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To some, merely the idea of abiding by the TSA's rules suggests sheepish compliance to an agency whose invasive practices call for reform, not obedience.

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He appointed his new staff because of their ideas and their experiences, not their political obedience.

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Francis also received the cardinals' pledges of obedience after his election not from a chair on a pedestal as popes normally do but rather standing, on their same level.

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