| 单词 |
inobservance |
| 释义 |
inobservance|ɪnɒbˈzɜːvəns|
[a. F. inobservance (1534 in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. inobservāntia; see next and -ance.]
1. Failure to observe or notice; inattention, heedlessness.
1611Florio, Innoseruanza, inobseruance. 1628Donne Serm. vi. 52 This which some doe out of slacknesse and in-observance and infirmity, many men..do out of impiety. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 529 Inobservance of second causes throws men into all the delusions of superstition and enthusiasm. 1806Monthly Mag. XXI. 385 The drowsy inobservance of Dr. Johnson is no where more conspicuous than in the diversity of his mode of spelling. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 20 St. Paul's inobservance of these things..due to the..paramount importance of other thoughts.
2. The not keeping or non-observance of a law, custom, bond, promise, etc.
a1626Bacon Judic. Charge, etc. 16 (T.) The breach and inobservance of certain wholesome and politick laws. 1642Rogers Naaman 614 Beware of oversight and inobservance of promises. 1740Warburton Div. Legat. v. iv. Wks. 1811 V. 121 By considering the effects which the observance or inobservance of it [the Law] would have on mankind. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. iv. §69. 313 They justly blame..his inobservance of propriety. 1888H. C. Lea Hist. Inquis. II. 15 He was taxed by the legate with inobservance of the conditions of the peace. |
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