Observance
[əb'zɜːv(ə)ns] or [əb'zɝvəns]
解释:
(n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.
(n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.
(n.) Servile attention; sycophancy.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Performance, fulfilment, discharge, acquittal.[2]. Form, ceremony, ceremonial, rite, practice, custom, usage, fashion.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Attention, fulfilment, respect, celebration, performance, ceremony, custom,form, rule, practice
ANT:Inobservance, inattention, breach, disrespect, disregard, desuetude, disuse,non-performance, informality, ceremoniousness, omission,
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例句:
- Meess Lucie has regarded this ceremony as too frivolous to be honoured by her observance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Another large part of his recorded utterances is aimed against the meticulous observance of the rules of the pious career. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Churchills might not have a word to say in return; but then, you would have no habits of early obedience and long observance to break through. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- I recollect but one occasion when this observance seemed to be broken by the inhabitants. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- They promised faithful observance of directions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Nothing is more vigilant and inventive than our passions; and nothing is more obvious, than the convention for the observance of these rules. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The facts in each case so frequently create an exception to the general rule that such rule must be honored rather in its breach than in its observance. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- If so, his better nature pronounced the vow more honoured in the breach than in the observance, for with a second effort, he spoke. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Of course I felt my good faith involved in the observance of his request. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- His characteristic talk, with its keen observance of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Nine o'clock was an early hour for a visit, but Selden had passed beyond all such conventional observances. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It was primarily a religion of conduct, not a religion of observances and sacrifices. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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