单词	observant
释义	observantob‧ser‧vant /əbˈzɜːvənt $ -ɜːr-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES observant Muslims An observant reader has pointed out an error on page 26. Men aren't very observant about things like hair or clothes. Police are trained to be observant and to remember detail. She was insightful and observant, constantly surprising her parents by what she noticed. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Even an observant hiker can walk blithely past one, and that has proved their best protection. Fortunately, the electorate is far more observant and astute than it thinks. Is it Robin Culley, newly sensitive, newly observant of human foible? It was half the size of the one he had just left, he noticed, unusually observant. Mervyn liked best to work alone, in the open air, and was very observant. 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. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorgood at noticing things► observant good at noticing things: · Men aren't very observant about things like hair or clothes.· An observant reader has pointed out an error on page 26.· She was insightful and observant, constantly surprising her parents by what she noticed. ► perceptive good at noticing and understanding situations or people's feelings: · I like her novels - she's so perceptive about people's relationships.· He was a perceptive and sophisticated man who was sensitive to other people's weaknesses. ► not miss much also not miss a trick British, /not miss a thing American spoken if you do not miss much or do not miss a trick or a thing , you notice a lot about what is happening and what other people are doing or feeling: · "I think Alison and Peter are getting pretty friendly with each other." "You don't miss much, do you?"· He's still pretty sharp for an old man - he doesn't miss a thing.· We tried to keep it secret from Mum, but you know she doesn't miss a trick. ► eagle-eyed an eagle-eyed person is very good at noticing everything that people do or how they behave: · The hotel was run by an eagle-eyed old man who knew everything about all the guests.· Two eagle-eyed reporters noticed the politician leaving a prostitute's house. ► have eyes in the back of your head if someone has eyes in the back of their head , they notice everything that is happening around them, even when they do not seem to be paying attention: · When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head. ► powers of observation how good someone is at noticing things: · Keith would make a good detective -- he has excellent powers of observation.· Her drawings displayed astonishing powers of observation. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► observant eye  the writer’s observant eye for detail 1good or quick at noticing things:  a quiet and observant person Supervisors are trained to be observant. the writer’s observant eye for detail2obeying laws, religious rules etc:  observant Jews
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