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observation

英 [ɒbzə'veɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,ɑbzɚ'veʃən]

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解释

n. 观察；监视；观察报告

※ 提供单词"observation"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

observation 观察，监视

来自observe,观察，监视。

英文词源

observation (n.): late 14c., "performance of a religious rite," from Latin observationem (nominative observatio) "a watching over, observance, investigation," noun of action from past participle stem of observare (see observe). Sense of "act or fact of paying attention" is from 1550s. Meaning "a remark in reference to something observed" first recorded 1590s.

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例句和用法

1. The diaries are a mixture of confession, work in progress and observation.: 这些日记里既有自白，也有当下工作记录，还有见闻评论。

2. The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.: 这些日记既有自白，也有评论。

3. She was undernourished, an observation that prompted yet another unasked question.: 她看上去营养不良，这一发现又引出了一个未被问及的问题。

4. As far as I could tell, neither of us was under observation.: 据我所知，我们俩都没有受到监视。

5. She has good powers of observation.: 她的观察力很敏锐。