observances

英 [əbˈzɜːvənsɪz]

美 [əbˈzɜrvənsɪz]

n.  (对法律、习俗的)遵守，奉行; (节日的)纪念; 宗教(或传统节日)的仪式
observance的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （对法律、习俗等的）遵守，奉行
  Theobservanceof something such as a law or custom is the practice of obeying or following it.
  1. Local councils should use their powers to ensure strict observance of laws.
     地方政务委员会应当行使权力以保证人们严格遵守法律。

双语例句

• This neglect of religious observances was repugnant to her early traditions.
  忽视宗教仪式是违反她童年时期的教养的。
• Winsett himself had a savage abhorrence of social observances.
  温塞特自己对社会上的清规戒律深恶痛绝。
• It would have been suicide for the very early Christian converts to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed.
  早期的基督教人为了庆祝他们神圣的节日而在仪式中自杀，然而这些仪式并没有与以前的庆祝仪式相类似。
• He has become something of a stickler for the finer observances of royal protocol.
  他已经变得非常刻板，哪怕是最细微的皇室礼仪也会遵循。
• United Nations Conference and Observances
  联合国会议和纪念活动
• The president will attend observances of Israel's60th independence anniversary but has no plans at present for a joint peace summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
  布什总统将出席以色列独立60周年纪念活动，但是到目前为止，还没有计划要出席以色列和巴勒斯坦领导人的和平首脑会议。
• The fire restrained in the tree fashions flowers. Released from bonds, the shameless flame dies in barren ashes. Selden had passed beyond all such conventional observances.
  幽禁于林中的火焰幻化成满树花朵。挣脱束缚后，不知羞的火焰在凄冷的灰烬里死去。
• It was the place whence proclamations were wont to be made, amidst an assemblage of the magistracy, with all the ceremonial that attended such public observances in those days.
  当年，在地方官开会中间如果要发布什么公告，需要镇民都来出席聆听时，就在这里举行种种仪式。
• The Iranian government has a precedent for using the anniversary observances to announce its technological advances.
  伊朗政府有利用周年纪念来宣布其技术创新的先例。
• Religious observances began with the arrival of the Latin Patriarch, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land.
  宗教仪式是以天主教会驻圣地领袖拉丁大主教的到来开始的。