observant

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ob·ser·vant /əbˈzɜːvənt $ -ɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 NOTICEgood or quick at noticing things 观察力敏锐的，机警的

a quiet and observant person

一个寡言而机敏的人

Supervisors are trained to be observant.

主管被训练得敏锐机警。

the writer’s observant eye for detail

这位作家善于捕捉细节的敏锐目光

2 OBEYobeying laws, religious rules etc 遵守法律[教规等]的

observant Jews

遵守教规的犹太教徒

Examples from the Corpus

observant• Mervyn liked best to work alone, in the open air, and was very observant.• It was half the size of the one he had just left, he noticed, unusually observant.• Men aren't very observant about things like hair or clothes.• Fortunately, the electorate is far more observant and astute than it thinks.• Police are trained to be observant and to remember detail.• She was an observant but kindly woman; some of her anecdotes, in another's mouth, would have turned malicious.• Then Sammler, making himself intensely observant, concluded after ten or twelve minutes that Gruner definitely knew.• She was insightful and observant, constantly surprising her parents by what she noticed.• Even an observant hiker can walk blithely past one, and that has proved their best protection.• observant Muslims• Is it Robin Culley, newly sensitive, newly observant of human foible?• An observant reader has pointed out an error on page 26.

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