根据Oxford Dictionaries，Abide的英文意思是：“Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation)”，即：服从或按照决定/规则行事。Dictionary.com对abide的解释包括：“to accept without opposition or question”，即：接受，无反对意见及问题。
Sparknotes在The 1000 Most Common SAT Words（1000个常用SAT词汇）中指出，abide还有”to put up with”的意思，意即：忍受。例句：Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to abide by it（尽管不同意该决定，Chuck仍决定服从）。
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最近Colorado movie theater massacre案件的主犯James Holmes被科罗拉多州Arapahoe County District Court裁定为终身监禁不得保释（life in prison without parole），一些受害者（victims）家属认为该案的最终判决不够公平，他们表示：“He is living, he is breathing and our loved ones are gone.”, “Doesn’t make sense and I don’t believe it. We still have to abide by it and accept it and there’s those of us that believe, you know, he may be killed in prison which would probably happen sooner than if he were sentenced to death. However we just have to deal and accept it.” （例句来自：PBS, August 8, 2015）
在上面的段落中，用到了一个固定词组，abide by，意思是“to submit to; agree to”。在这里，受害者的家属其实表达了一层put up with的意思：尽管不满意，却不得不接受现实（deal and accept it）。