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observe

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🇺🇸 /ʌbzˈɚv/ 🇬🇧 /ɒbˈzɜːv/

noun 编号: O00120 牛津3000 BNC #1288 COCA #1294

主要表示仔细观察、注意到，也可表示遵守规则或习俗、纪念节日，以及正式地发表评论。

💡 记忆钩子

把 observe 想成“站在一旁认真守着看”：先是仔细看并注意到事物，进一步是守规则、守习俗，按规定纪念节日；看出情况后，也可以把自己的判断说出来。

📝 学习建议

不要把 observe 一律理解成“观察”；在规则、法律、习俗和节日语境中，它常表示“遵守”或“纪念”。
名词用法很古旧，学习时优先掌握动词的“观察”和“遵守”两个核心意思。

📖 中文释义

noun

rare 评论；看法

📖 指对某件事作出的评论、看法或判断，可以看作“观察”之后说出来的一句话。这种名词用法现在已经很少见，主要留在古旧文本中。

archaic

observes plural

verb

core 仔细观察；注意到

📖 指带着注意力去看、研究某人或某物，重点是认真观察细节，而不只是随便看一眼。这个意思最直接地保留了“守着看”的核心画面。

💡 常用句型是 observe + 人或事物，表示对其进行仔细观察；也可接从句说明观察到的情况。它比普通的“看”更正式，不能在所有日常的“看一看”语境中随意替换。

transitive

The researchers observed the birds for several hours.

研究人员观察了这些鸟好几个小时。

She observed that the child was unusually quiet.

她注意到那个孩子异常安静。
core 遵守；遵循

📖 指像守着某种规定一样照做，遵守法律、规则、习俗或宗教要求。这里不是“观察规则”，而是“按规则行动”。

💡 常用句型是 observe + 规则、法律、禁令或习俗，表示遵守它们。这个用法较正式，日常对话中不能根据汉语“观察”去误解；表示服从某人的命令时通常不用它。

transitive

All visitors must observe the museum's safety rules.

所有访客都必须遵守博物馆的安全规定。
common 纪念节日；遵循历法

📖 指按照传统或规定举行节日、纪念日等活动，也可以指采用某种时间或历法安排。它把“守着做”的意思用于特定的日子和仪式。

💡 常用句型是 observe + 节日、纪念日或宗教节期，表示庆祝或纪念，而不只是观察这个日子。这个用法偏正式，不能简单理解成参加任何普通聚会。

transitive

The community observes the holiday with a candlelight ceremony.

这个社区用烛光仪式纪念这个节日。
common 评论；指出

📖 指在观察或思考之后说出一个看法，尤其是对某件事作出正式、带判断性的评论。它和“注意到”相连，但重点已经从看转为说。

💡 常用句型是 observe that + 从句，也可用 observe + 评论内容，表示正式指出某种情况或看法。这个用法常见于新闻、演讲和书面语；不要把它误解为单纯的“观察”，因为后面通常是在表达判断。

intransitive

The manager observed that the plan would be too expensive.

经理指出，这项计划的成本会太高。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 9 组

stick to correctly or closely; ;

同义词集: observe keep maintain

The pianist kept time with the metronome

keep count

I cannot keep track of all my employees

make mention of;

同义词集: note observe mention remark

She observed that his presentation took up too much time

They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing

上位: say, state, tell 下位: comment, notice, point out, remark

observe with care or pay close attention to

同义词集: note take note observe

Take note of this chemical reaction

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

同义词集: detect observe find discover notice

She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water

We found traces of lead in the paint

上位: sight, spy 下位: see, sense, trace

watch attentively

同义词集: observe

Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals

上位: watch 下位: bird, birdwatch, monitor, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, scout, supervise, track

follow with the eyes or the mind; ;

同义词集: watch observe follow watch over keep an eye on

Keep an eye on the baby, please!

The world is watching Sarajevo

She followed the men with the binoculars

上位: check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out 下位: guard, invigilate, proctor

show respect towards

同义词集: respect honor honour abide by observe

honor your parents!

反义: disrespect 上位: accept 下位: celebrate, lionise, lionize, tolerate

behave as expected during of holidays or rites; ;

同义词集: observe celebrate keep

Keep the commandments

celebrate Christmas

Observe Yom Kippur

下位: commemorate, mark, mourn

conform one's action or practice to; ;

同义词集: observe keep

keep appointments

she never keeps her promises

We kept to the original conditions of the contract

反义: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语，原义与“看守、留意”有关，后来发展出“观察、遵守”和“发表看法”等意思。

From Middle French observer, from Old French observer, from Latin observō (“to watch”), from ob- (“before”) + servō (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sarwa, “weapons, armour”), Old English searu (“device”).

🔄 变式

- imperat observed 1st_sg observedst archaic observes plural observest archaic observeth archaic observing present

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