For many centuries, navigators hoped they could find longitude by observing the movement of stars at night.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

He started out by observing that all of us, all human beings are governed by two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure.

边沁通过观察得出，所有人类均受两大至高无上的因素所支配：,痛苦与快乐。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But Israel is the one to affirm its holiness by observing the rules that make it different, that mark it off as holy.

然而以色列通过观察那些使之与众不同的,使之神圣的规则，肯定了它的神圣性。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And Dewey was influenced by observing his own children.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

A navigator can know the latitude of his ship by observing the location of stars, where the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, and what time of year it is.

VOA: special.2010.07.14