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

• 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。
• 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。
• Observances of the first anniversary took place along the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.
  周三，泄漏第一周年纪念活动在沿墨西哥湾地区进行。
• He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days.
  他雇了一个律师，投诉基督徒、犹太教徒、以及他们圣日的纪念活动的歧视。
• In course of time old customs and oBservances tend to fall into neglect.
  随着时间的推移，旧风俗习惯有被忽略的趋势。
• He spent years and years in desultory studies, undertakings, and meditations; he began to evince considerable indifference to social forms and observances.
  多少年来，他进行了许多漫无边际的研究，尝试过多次杂乱无章的计划，进行过无数毫无系统的思考；开始对社会习俗和礼仪明显表现出满不在乎的态度。
• 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。
• Yet each year brings disputes over holiday observances that some may see as too religious for public schools or other public places.
  然而，有些人认为在学校和其他公共场合举行的庆祝节日的宗教仪式，太过于宗教化。每年，在次问题上都会引起争议。
• The observances of the Church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.
  教会有关节日宴会与禁食的仪式遵守得相当好，因为富人遵守节日宴会而穷人则遵守禁食。