observance
observance 英 [əbˈzɜ:vəns] 美 [əbˈzɜrvəns]
n. 惯例；遵守；仪式；庆祝
名词复数:observances
- 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.
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- n. 惯例；遵守；仪式；庆祝
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1. So even to-day, when we fail to see the truth of religion, we seek in its observance an artistic gratification.
所以，甚至在今天，在我们还看不到宗教的真理时，我们只能从宗教的仪式里去寻求艺术的满足。
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2. Holiday refers to the day set apart for religious observance or for the commemoration of some extraordinary event or distinguished person .
假日是由于宗教仪式，或为纪念某些特殊事件或著名人物而特地指定的日子。
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3. The observance began three days of mourning in China, including a temporary suspension of the Olympic torch relay.
默哀仪式启动了中国三天的哀悼日。 哀悼日中，奥运火炬传递活动也暂停了。
- observance (n.) early 13c., "act performed in accordance with prescribed usage," especially a religious or ceremonial one, from Old French observance, osservance "observance, discipline," or directly from Latin observantia "act of keeping customs, attention, respect, regard, reverence," from observantem (nominative observans), present participle of observare "watch over, note, heed, look to, attend to, guard, regard, comply with," from ob "in front of, before" (see ob-) + servare "to watch, keep safe," from PIE root *ser- (1) "to protect." Observance is the attending to and carrying out of a duty or rule. Observation is watching, noticing.
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