Observe

(verb.) stick to correctly or closely; 'The pianist kept time with the metronome'; 'keep count'; 'I cannot keep track of all my employees'.

(verb.) watch attentively; 'Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals'.

(verb.) behave as expected during of holidays or rites; 'Keep the commandments'; 'celebrate Christmas'; 'Observe Yom Kippur'.

(verb.) conform one's action or practice to; 'keep appointments'; 'she never keeps her promises'; 'We kept to the original conditions of the contract'.

录入:露西

• I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Clara, though she endeavoured to give herself up to his amusement, often forgot him, as she turned to observe Adrian and me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Their shape was very singular and deformed, which a little discomposed me, so that I lay down behind a thicket to observe them better. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I will observe your very proper request. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• No leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we can observe you no longer! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She merely observed that he was perfectly good humoured and friendly. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• She draws prettily, he observed: and she has now got a little companion she is very fond of. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Here Darwin observed crabs of monstrous size, with a structure which ena bled them to open the cocoanuts. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This is an extraordinary story,' observed Lightwood, who had heard it out with serious attention. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Nor an old 'un neither, Sir,' observed Mr. Weller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Miss Eliott is a very sweet girl, and seemed to enjoy herself, I thought, observed Beth, with unusual warmth. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Old New York scrupulously observed the etiquette of hospitality, and no discussion with a guest was ever allowed to degenerate into a disagreement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• In the first place, as we began by observing, the nature of the philosopher has to be ascertained. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Very good, very good,' said the little man, observing the impression he had made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Fanny, not able to refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough to be tolerably satisfied. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• On returning from Mrs. Vesey's, I instructed Marian to write (observing the same caution which I practised myself) to Mrs. Michelson. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Mr. Gamfield gave an arch look at the faces round the table, and, observing a smile on all of them, gradually broke into a smile himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He observes on a number of histories of whirlwinds, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• We are all very much interested in the man from Somewhere,' Veneering observes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Richard sagaciously saw, as Jussieu observes, that this genus should still be retained among the Malpighiaceae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I have the honour to be, GEORGE A little formal, observes the elder brother, refolding it with a puzzled face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A proposal which, as you correctly informed me at the time, he had the becoming taste and perception, observes Sir Leicester, to decline. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• These instances are in themselves totally distinct from each other, and have no union but in the mind, which observes them, and collects their ideas. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The old lady is thanking him for his attention when she observes the comrades in waiting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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