Observation
[ɒbzə'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɑbzɚ'veʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of observing; taking a patient look.
(noun.) the act of making and recording a measurement.
(noun.) facts learned by observing; 'he reported his observations to the mayor'.
(noun.) a remark expressing careful consideration.
校對:凯尔西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
(n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.
(n.) Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.
(n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
(n.) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.
(n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.
(n.) The information so acquired.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Notice, attention.[2]. Remark, note, annotation, comment.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Contemplation, study, remark, attention, notice, comment
ANT:Disregard, oversight, inadvertence, inattention, silence, ignorance
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例句/造句/用法:
- I had heard that very voice ere this, and compulsory observation had forced on me a theory as to what it boded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I say this here for two reasons--because I hope to avoid the critical attack of the genuine Marxian specialist, and because the observation is, I believe, relevant to our subject. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Darwin's father was remarkable for his powers of observation, while the grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, is well known for his tendency to speculation . 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Anselmo was happy now and he was very pleased that he had stayed there at the post of observation. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Your observation of the similitude between many of the words and those of the ancient world, are indeed very curious. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Tycho Brahe had a great reverence for Copernicus, but he did not accept his planetary system; and he fe lt that advance in astronomy depended on painstaking observation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- En resume, L'OBSERVATION des animaux sauvages demontre deja la variabilite LIMITEE des especes. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Halloa being a general observation which I had usually observed to be best answered by itself, I said, Halloa! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But Jane was to go home with her, and at Longbourn there would be leisure enough for observation. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Besides those which are of common observation it is used for lighting the interior of mines, caves, and the dark apartments of ships, and does not foul the air. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In the following year observation of work in a brewery roused his curi osity in reference to carbonic acid. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Then followed the famous observation of the swinging lamp by the then young Galileo, about 1582, while lounging in the cathedral of Pisa. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The picture of a different state of things does not always function to aid ingenious observation and recollection to find a way out and on. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It's my duty to inform you that any observations you may make will be liable to be used against you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A few commonplace observations will help to explain its action. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But certainly she had made deep observations while she noted in silence the changes that passed around her. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Your observations on what you have lately read concerning insects is very just and solid. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Space permits the submission of but a few observations and suggestions on these points:---- _Necessity_ is still the mother of inventions, but not of all of them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- At the Cape Verde Islands he made some interesting observations of a white calcareous stratum which ran for miles along the coast at a height of a) bout forty-five feet above the water. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- That is one of Mr. Steffens's most acute observations. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They are to guide and organize further observations, recollections, and experiments. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The elder De Candolle has made nearly similar observations on the general nature of the affinities of distinct families of plants. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Let us now join these three observations, and see what conclusion we can draw from them. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- When Lalande's records in Paris were studied, it was found that he had made two observations of Neptune on May 8 and 10. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- He was gifted with an imagination to tur n observations to account. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Sir William Herschel's observations, extended over many years, confirmed both the nebular hypothesis and the theory of the systemat ic arrangement of the stars. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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