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 observation [`ɑbzɚ'veʃən]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 观察, 注意, 观测, 观察力

[化] 观察

[医] 观察

[经] 观察, 观测


  1. The thief escaped observation.
    小偷未被人注意。
  2. He was taken into hospital for observation.
    他被送进医院观察。


observation
[ noun ]
  1. the act of making and recording a measurement

    2. <noun.act>
  2. the act of observing; taking a patient look

    3. <noun.act>
  3. a remark expressing careful consideration

    4. <noun.communication>
  4. facts learned by observing

    5. <noun.cognition>
    he reported his observations to the mayor
  5. the act of noticing or paying attention

    6. <noun.cognition>
    he escaped the notice of the police


Observation \Ob`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. observatio: cf. F.
observation.]
1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the
act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

My observation, which very seldom lies. --Shak.

2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view;
reflection; conclusion; judgment.

In matters of human prudence, we shall find the
greatest advantage in making wise observations on
our conduct. --I. Watts.

3. Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what
one has observed; a remark. ``That's a foolish
observation.'' --Shak.

To observations which ourselves we make
We grow more partial for the observer's sake.
--Pope.

4. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice;
observance. [Obs.]

We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the
observation of it in such circumstances. --Jer.
Taylor.

5. (Science)
(a) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or
occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the
structure of an animal.
(b) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable
instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an
occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a
star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's
altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star,
with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer,
etc.
(c) The information so acquired; as, to record one's
observations carefully.

Note: When a phenomenon is scrutinized as it occurs in
nature, the act is termed an observation. When the
conditions under which the phenomenon occurs are
artificial, or arranged beforehand by the observer, the
process is called an experiment. Experiment includes
observation.

{To take an observation} (Naut.), to ascertain the altitude
of a heavenly body, with a view to fixing a vessel's
position at sea.

Syn: Observance; notice; attention; remark; comment; note.
See {Observance}.

  1. Congruences or consequences were mistaken for causes, methodology was elevated into a philosophy. If there were gene markers which tallied with the experience of being homosexual that was 'an interesting observation,' he said.
  2. The deck hand, Stanley Watt, 57, suffered chest and abdominal bruising and was kept at the hospital for observation, the spokesman said.
  3. Watt was admitted to a Cheyenne hospital for psychiatric observation, Klith said, adding that charges are pending.
  4. In a few seconds, my screen flashed the entry for "constantly," illustrated by an observation by Adam Smith: "In our American colonies the plantations have constantly followed the sea-coast."
  5. That method does not allow observation of the same roots throughout the season, she said.
  6. And it's my personal observation that students tend to behave a bit better," he said.
  7. This sophisticated analysis seems to have come from watching endless hours of American soap operas and close observation of tourists wandering around in "gaudy checked trousers."
  8. Low clouds and fog grounded observation and supply planes early Saturday.
  9. The date is uncertain; Polhill, 55, who has diabetes, remained under observation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Maryland.
  10. The former parish priest of an Irish nationalist who was shot dead from an army observation tower said Monday that police and soldiers harrassed the victim for several years.
  11. He had been under observation before.
  12. That same observation applies also to lenders on 30-year mortgages.
  13. Truck driver Anthony W. Ritchie, 23, of Criders, Va., was also admitted for observation.
  14. The woman also was treated for exposure and released from the hospital early today, said Diane Pollock, a hospital spokeswoman. The men were held for observation, she said.
  15. A Jordanian statement identified the attacker as Farid Ali Mustafa and said he abandoned a border observation post.
  16. Iraq, meanwhile, charged Iran with setting up observation posts and bunkers, moving troops close to the border and launching gunboats into the Shatt-al-Arab.
  17. They are trying to intimidate the defendants." Bella Rosenberg said that she was shocked to learn that her daughter was being held in a psychiatric observation unit at the District of Columbia Jail.
  18. The INS said it had reached an agreement under which the Marines will provide training in intelligence gathering techniques and help the Border Patrol operate observation posts that will be equipped with electronic detection equipment.
  19. Figueroa said such a suspicion could be based upon such things as the direct observation of drug use or possession by an employee, abnormal conduct or erratic behavior, or arrest or conviction of a drug-related offense.
  20. Moslem guerrillas fired more than a dozen grenades into an army observation post in south Lebanon on Monday, wounding three soldiers, police said.
  21. Kitty Dukakis was under observation today in an intensive care unit for nausea and dizziness, but officials declined to reveal details of her illness.
  22. A Michigan man died Friday from injuries suffered in a five-story plunge from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, authorities said.
  23. But on that observation can be founded two radically different policies.
  24. Equipment has its limitations." Bill Davis, the Salt Lake City-based western regional director of the observation program, said about 50 weather watchers are on the National Weather Service payroll in his jurisdication.
  25. The contingent was on its way to an observation point about three miles from Nogales when the horsemen were spotted, Stokes said.
  26. Separately, CIA chief Casey was taken to a Washington hospital for observation following "a minor cerebral seizure."
  27. The boy was taken to San Antonio's Methodist Hospital for observation.
  28. "I don't think this man is the man to lead this country," he said, adding that this assessment "is not based on emotion or subjectivity but on cold-headed observation over an extended period of time."
  29. Mrs. Grimes said the boy told her that on Feb. 25, soldiers took him into a Shati building used by the army as an observation post.
  30. As such, the Republicans did not fall under automatic observation by the country's top internal security agency, the Verfassungsschutz.
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