Observe

[əb'zɜːv] or [əb'zɝv]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) stick to correctly or closely; 'The pianist kept time with the metronome'; 'keep count'; 'I cannot keep track of all my employees'.

(verb.) watch attentively; 'Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals'.

(verb.) behave as expected during of holidays or rites; 'Keep the commandments'; 'celebrate Christmas'; 'Observe Yom Kippur'.

(verb.) conform one's action or practice to; 'keep appointments'; 'she never keeps her promises'; 'We kept to the original conditions of the contract'.

錄入:露西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.

(v. t.) To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army.

(v. t.) To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.

(v. i.) To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.

(v. i.) To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon.

校對:斯坦顿

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Notice, remark, note, watch, eye, mark, take note of, pay attention to.[2]. Fulfil, obey, follow, comply with, conform to, adhere to, be faithful to.[3]. Celebrate, regard, keep, solemnize.

v. n. [1]. Take notice.[2]. Make a remark.

編輯:波西亚

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Remark, mark, watch, note, behold, perceive_keep, heed, respect,[SeePERCEIVE]

手打:洛葛仙妮

解釋/意思:

v.t. to keep in view: to notice: to subject to systematic observation: to regard attentively: to remark refer to in words: to comply with: to heed and to carry out in practice: to keep with proper ceremony: to keep or guard.—v.i. to take notice: to attend: to remark.—adj. Observ′able that may be observed or noticed: worthy of observation: remarkable: requiring to be observed.—n. Observ′ableness.—adv. Observ′ably.—ns. Observ′ance act of observing or paying attention to: performance: attention: that which is to be observed: rule of practice a custom to be observed: reverence: homage; Observ′ancy observance: obsequiousness.—adj. Observ′ant observing: having powers of observing and noting: taking notice: adhering to: carefully attentive.—n. (Shak.) an obsequious attendant: one strict to comply with a custom &c.; or Observ′antine one of those Franciscan monks of stricter rule who separated from the Conventuals in the 15th century.—adv. Observ′antly.—n. Observā′tion act of observing: habit of seeing and noting: attention: the act of recognising and noting phenomena as they occur in nature as distinguished from experiment: that which is observed: a remark: performance: the fact of being observed.—adj. Observā′tional consisting of or containing observations or remarks: derived from observation as distinguished from experiment.—adv. Observā′tionally.—adj. Obser′vative attentive.—ns. Ob′servātor one who observes: a remarker; Observ′atory a place for making astronomical and physical observations usually placed in some high and stable place; Observ′er.—adj. Observ′ing habitually taking notice: attentive.—adv. Observ′ingly.

校對:奥斯瓦德