observance是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. (法律习俗等的) 遵守; 奉行; 礼仪, 仪式，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Very well!But I expect a strict observance of the external forms of propriety till such time"--his voice shook--"as I may take measures to secure my honor and communicate them to you."
-- The memory of how he had received her confession of infidelity on their way home from the races (especially that he had insisted only on the observance of external decorum, and had not sent a challenge) tortured him like a remorse.
-- He could not admit this, because he neither saw the expression of such feelings in the people among whom he was living, nor found them in himself (and he could not but consider himself one of the persons making up the Russian people), and most of all because he, like the people, did not know and could not know what is for the general good, though he knew beyond a doubt that this general good could be attained only by the strict observance of that law of right and wrong which has been revealed to every man, and therefore he could not wish for war or advocate war for any general objects whatever.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Among his various eccentric habits he had a humorous one of always cheating at cards, which rendered necessary on his part, not only a close observance of the game, and a sleight-of-hand in counting and scoring, but also involved the constant correction, by looks, and frowns, and kicks under the table, of Richard Swiveller, who being bewildered by the rapidity with which his cards were told, and the rate at which the pegs travelled down the board, could not be prevented from sometimes expressing his surprise and incredulity.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Your acceptance of it, and your observance of it as binding, is the only remaining condition that I am charged with, by the person from whom I take my instructions, and for whom I am not otherwise responsible.
-- Of course I felt my good faith involved in the observance of his request.
-- He had nothing else to do, poor fellow, except at a certain hour of every afternoon to "go to Lloyd's"--in observance of a ceremony of seeing his principal, I think.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Evidently in observance of their nightly custom, she put some bread before herself, and touched his glass with her lips; but Arthur saw she was troubled and took nothing.
-- The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three RelationsThe brothers William and Frederick Dorrit, walking up and down the College-yard of course on the aristocratic or Pump side, for the Father made it a point of his state to be chary of going among his children on the Poor side, except on Sunday mornings, Christmas Days, and other occasions of ceremony, in the observance whereof he was very punctual, and at which times he laid his hand upon the heads of their infants, and blessed those young insolvents with a benignity that was highly edifying the brothers, walking up and down the College-yard together, were a memorable sight.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- While in various silent ways the seamen of the Pequod were evincing their observance of this ominous incident at the first mere mention of the White Whale's name to another ship, Ahab for a moment paused; it almost seemed as though he would have lowered a boat to board the stranger, had not the threatening wind forbade.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The countenance of the first-named gentleman, peculiarly intelligent at all times, acquired great additional interest from h is close observance of the game, and his attentive perusal of Mr. Chitling's hand; upon which, from time to time, as occasion served, he bestowed a variety of earnest glances: wisely regulating his own play by the result of his observations upon his neighbour's cards.
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