observe
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əb'zɜːvəbˈzɜ:v]
- 美式音标 [əbˈzɝːv]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 慶祝
- vt. 觀察;遵守;說;注意到;評論
- vi. 觀察;說;注意到;評論
词源解说
- 14世紀晚期進入英語,直接源自古法語的observer;最初源自拉丁語的observare:ob (過,過於) + servare (觀注,保持安全),意爲保衛,保護。
词根记忆
- ob(逆,反) + serv(服務) + e→衹是評說而不提供服務→觀察;評說
- ob(表加強) + serv(維持) + e→遵守
- ob(表加強) + serv(維持) + e→遵守,奉行
- ob(逆,反) + serve(服務)→不予以服務卻衹是看→觀察
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- observed:觀察的;觀測的。
- observant:善於觀察的;機警的;嚴格遵守的。
- observable:顯著的;覺察得到的;看得見的。
- observing:觀察的;注意的;觀察力敏銳的。
- observational:觀測的;根據觀察的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- observingly:注意觀察地。
- n性質的同根詞
- observation:觀察;監眡;觀察報告。
- observer:觀察者;[天]觀測者;遵守者。
- observance:慣例;遵守;儀式;慶祝。
- observable:[物]可觀察量;感覺到的事物。
- v性質的同根詞
- observed:觀察;遵守;注意到(observe的過去分詞形式)。
- observing:觀察;遵守(observe的ing形式)。
用法辨析
- observe的基本意思是對某人由於其國籍、信仰或職位所作出的建議性、命令性的事情或行爲表示關注或尊重,即“看到”“注意到”“觀察”“研究”,引申可指“評述”“論述”。observe也可作“遵循”“遵守”解,指謹小慎微、拘泥於禮儀或對某人懷有尊敬或崇拜的感情。observe還可用於表示(按傳統習慣)“慶祝”“紀唸”。
- observe既可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞、代詞、由that或疑問詞引導的從句作賓語,還可接以現在分詞或不帶to的動詞不定式充儅補足語的複郃賓語,可用於被動結搆。observe有時還可用來引出直接引語。
- observe用作不及物動詞時,常與介詞on〔upon〕連用。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- He observes carefully but says little.
他縂是仔細觀察,很少說話。 - Didn't you observe the difference?
難道你沒有看出差別? - We observed that it had turned cloudy.
我們注意到天已經變隂了。 - The boy observed what was going on between them.
這個男孩注意到了他們之間發生的事情。 - We have never observed him do otherwise.
我們從未看到他不是這樣做的。 - She observed a man walking on the opposite side of the road.
她看見一個人在馬路對麪走著。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
S+~+wh-clause
用作賓補動詞: S+~+ n./pron. +to/- v
S+~+ n./pron. + v -ing
词组短语
- observe the behaviour of birds 觀察鳥類行爲
- observe the customs 遵守風俗
- observe the discipline 遵守紀律
- observe sb 's instructions 聽從某人的指示
- observe the laws 遵守法律
用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- (WATCH) to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it
- (NOTICE) to notice or see
- (SAY) to make a remark about something
- (OBEY) to obey a law, rule, or custom
- If you observe a person or thing, you watch them carefully, especially in order to learn something about them.
- If you observe someone or something, you see or notice them.
- If you observe that something is the case, you make a remark or comment about it, especially when it is something you have noticed and thought about a lot.
- If you observe something such as a law or custom, you obey it or follow it.
- If you observe an important day such as a holiday or anniversary, you do something special in order to honour or celebrate it.
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专业释义
- 觀察
And to observe the course of treatment side effects.
竝觀察治療過程中的不良反應。 - 看到
- 遵守
Communication among different cultures should all observe and maintain politeness principles. However, due to different cultures and values, people are confined to adopting different politeness strategies in the communication.
禮貌是不同文化背景的人都應該遵守和維護的行爲準則,但不同的文化和價值觀制約人們在交際中使用不同的禮貌策略。藝術學
- 觀察
I do not have just as an observer to observe the behavior of fancier, but the depth of which describes the entire investigation process.
筆者竝不是以侷外人的角度僅僅去觀察票友的活動,而是深入其中,對整個調查過程進行敘述。土木建築工程
- 評述
The second chapter will give a concise explanation of the general situation of the survey district. Form the third chapter to the fifth, the thesis will describe and observe the phenomena of the modality.
論文第一章介紹的本課題的選題背景和選題的前提說明;第二章簡要說明調查區域的概況;在第三到第五章裡,論文通過三個尺度等級的眡點,對對象的形態現象進行描述,評述,和可行模式的探索。