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

• But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different.
  但是，随着基督教变得更加普遍，初期教会开始有自己的宗教纪念活动同时与许多异教庆典，和元旦并没有什么不同。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fifteen years ago, when Ruth and Nim were married, Ruth made clear she didn't care one way or the other about Jewish observances.
  十五年前露丝和尼姆结婚时，露丝表示过她对犹太教规是无所谓的。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Secondly, the author discusses the change of religious lifestyle from the perspectives of the structure and function of mosques and temples, religious observances and the intergenerational differences in religious faith.
  其次，从清真寺和寺坊的结构和功能、宗教信仰的遵守情况、宗教信仰的代际差异这三个方面讨论沔城回族宗教生活方式的变迁。
• 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。