observe
英 [?b'z??v]
美[?b'z?v]
- vt. 觀察；遵守；說；注意到；評論
- vi. 觀察；說；注意到；評論
核心詞匯中頻詞CET6考研IELTSTEM4CET4
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?observes;過去式:?observed;過去分詞:?observed;現在分詞:?observing;
中文詞源
observe 觀察，注視，遵行，遵守
ob-,向前，朝向，-serve,注視，觀察，保護，詞源同conserve,hero.引申詞義堅守，遵守，遵行等。
英文詞源
- observe
- observe: [14] Latin observāre meant ‘watch, pay attention to, look to, comply with’. It was a compound verb, formed with the prefix ob- ‘to’ from servāre ‘keep safe’, hence ‘guard, watch, heed’ (no relation to servīre, source of English serve and servant). The two semantic strands ‘seeing, noting’ and ‘complying’ have remained together in the English verb, but have diverged in its derived nouns, the former going to observation [14], the latter to observance [13].
=> conserve, reserve - observe (v.)
- late 14c., "to hold to" (a manner of life or course of conduct), from Old French observer, osserver "to observe, watch over, follow" (10c.), from Latin observare "watch over, note, heed, look to, attend to, guard, regard, comply with," from ob "over" (see ob-) + servare "to watch, keep safe," from PIE root *ser- (1) "to protect." Meaning "to attend to in practice, to keep, follow" is attested from late 14c. Sense of "watch, perceive, notice" is 1560s, via notion of "see and note omens." Meaning "to say by way of remark" is from c. 1600. Related: Observed; observing.
雙語例句
- 1. The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
- 當初創立皇家格林尼治天文臺就是為了觀察星體并對其進行編目。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Scientists observe the same dynamics in fluids.
- 科學家們在液體中觀察到了同樣的驅動力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Let's observe a minute's silence in memory of the dead.
- 讓我們為 者靜默一分鐘.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We must observe the correct protocol.
- 我們必須遵守應有的禮儀.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Did he observe on your unusual performance?
- 他對你那不尋常的演出發表評論了 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》