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Describes someone who notices things quickly and carefully — good at watching and paying attention to small details that others might miss. It also has a religious meaning: "an observant Jew/Muslim/Christian" means someone who carefully follows the rules and practices of their faith.
觀察力敏銳的;(宗教)嚴守教規的
組成observe (to watch carefully) + -ant (adjective ending, "doing this"). Observe comes from Latin ob- (toward) + servare (to watch, to keep).
同家族的字
- observeobservant describes someone who observes things carefully
- observationthe noun for the act of observing
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Observantnoun
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A member of a Franciscan order that strictly observes the rules of St. Francis.
observantadj/əbˈzɝvənt/
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Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
- The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.
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Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
- I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.
- We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.
- 3
Practicing a religion.
- She is an observant Catholic who goes to church regularly.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。