Quan sát, theo dõi

Tiến hành; cử hành lễ hội (lễ kỷ niệm...)

to observe someone's birthday

làm lễ kỷ niệm ngày sinh của ai

Tuân theo, tôn trọng

to observe the laws

tuân theo pháp luật

to observe silence

giữ yên lặng

( + on) nhận xét

quan sát, chú ý

chú ý

ngắm

quan sát

quan trắc

Obey, abide by, comply with, be heedful of, attend to,conform to, regard, keep, follow, adhere to, respect, payattention to: We observed the prohibition against swimming.

Watch, look at, examine, monitor, scrutinize, study, regard,view, inspect, pore over, contemplate, consider , Colloq check(out or up on), check over, size up, Slang case: Thenaturalists went to the Arctic to observe the polar bears.

See, mark, notice, look, perceive: Observe how swiftly the skinforms pustules when this substance is applied. 4 Sometimes,observe on or upon. comment (on or upon), remark (on or upon),mention, say, note, refer (to), make reference to, animadvert onor upon or to; state, declare: It is impolite to observe onothers' manners. He couldn't help observing to his cell-mate howeasy it would be to escape. 5 celebrate, keep, solemnize,respect, keep holy, mark, commemorate, memorialize, remember,recognize: We always observe the sabbath.

Tr. (often foll. by that, how + clause) perceive, note;take notice of; become conscious of.

Tr. watch carefully.

Tr. a follow or adhere to (a law, command, method, principle,etc.). b keep or adhere to (an appointed time). c maintain(silence). d duly perform (a rite). e celebrate (ananniversary).

Tr. examine and note (phenomena) without theaid of experiment.

Tr. (often foll. by that + clause) say,esp. by way of comment.

Intr. (foll. by on) make a remark orremarks about.

Observable adj. observably adv. [ME f. OFobserver f. L observare watch (as OB-, servare keep)]