observation是源自拉丁语“observatio”的英语术语，兼具名词与形容词词性。作名词时，其含义涵盖观察行为（如监视、监测）、观察结果（如数据资料）、观察力及言论评论等；作形容词时表示“用于观察的”（如观察台、观察设备），常见于科学、医学、气象等领域。

英 [ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌɑːbzərˈveɪʃ(ə)n]

n. 观察，监视；观察力；观察资料，观察结果；言论，评论；遵守，奉行；测天

adj. 用于观察的

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柯林斯英汉双解大词典

observation /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4

1.N-UNCOUNT Observation is the action or process of carefully watching someone or something. 观察

2.N-COUNT An observation is something that you have learned by seeing or watching something and thinking about it. 观察结果

3.N-COUNT If a person makes an observation, they make a comment about something or someone, usually as a result of watching how they behave. 观察评论

4.N-UNCOUNT Observation is the ability to pay a lot of attention to things and to notice more about them than most people do. 观察力

field observation 野外观测；实地观察

observation system 观测系统

observation method 观察法

experimental observation 实验观察

meteorological observation 气象观测

microscopic observation 微观观察，显微观察

observation station 观测站；测站；观察位置

settlement observation 沉降观测

visual observation 目测法；外部观察

observation period 观察期间，观测时期

participant observation 参与观察

observation point [计]观察点

observation window 观察窗；管制室

under observation 受到观察；在监视下

observation deck 观测甲板；了望甲板

sampling observation 取样检查；抽查

observation error 观测误差，观察误差；测量误差

observation post 观测所；观察哨

systematic observation 系统观察，系统观测

observation well 观察井；观测孔