| 单词 | observance |
| 释义 | observance (once / 843 pages) 1n 2n Observance is when you obey a rule or law, or follow a long-standing tradition. If your religious observance requires you to fast for several days, you might ask your track coach to let you sit out a race. Observance of traffic laws will usually keep you from getting expensive speeding tickets. And, practicing a religion usually includes various kinds of observance, from attending church or temple to wearing certain items of clothing. You can also use this noun to mean "watching or noticing," like a bird watcher's careful observance of a bush where he once spotted a rare finch — although this is more commonly called observation. WORD FAMILYobservance: nonobservance, observances+/observable: observably, unobservable/observant: nonobservant, observantly, unobservant/observation: observational, observations/observational: observationally/observatory: observatories/observe: observable, observance, observant, observation, observatory, observed, observer, observes, observing/observed: unobserved/observer: observers/observing: observingly/unobservable: unobservably/unobservant: unobservantly/unobserved: unobservedly USAGE EXAMPLESThere will be no New York Today on Monday, in observance of the holiday. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) This celebration is designed to appeal to those seeking a quieter Christmas observance. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Christmas Eve Mass Late-night religious observances include this solemn ceremony from St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n conformity with law or custom or practice etc. Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper honoring nonobservance a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. punctilio strict observance of formalities abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity acting according to certain accepted standards 2n a formal event performed on a special occasion 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony circumstance formal ceremony about important occasions funerala ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremonythe social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed pageant, pageantrya rich and spectacular ceremony dedicationa ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose openinga ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise commemoration, memorialisation, memorializationa ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something military ceremonya formal ceremony performed by military personnel induction, initiation, installationa formal entry into an organization or position or office exercise(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches fire walkingthe ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers formalities, formalitya requirement of etiquette or custom Maundya public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money potlatcha ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) inaugural, inaugurationthe ceremonial induction into a position burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulturethe ritual placing of a corpse in a grave sky buriala traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures rededicationa new dedication coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiturethe ceremony of installing a new monarch bar mitzvah(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercisean academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion a vaguely specified social event 1n the act of observing; taking a patient look Syn|Hypo|Hyper observation, watching monitoring the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) sightingthe act of observing stargazingobservation of the stars landfallthe first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) look, looking, looking at the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually 2n the act of noticing or paying attention Syn|Hypo|Hyper notice, observation mind attention remarkexplicit notice attending, attention the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
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