vigil 详细解释

vigil

['vidʒil]

n.守夜, 值夜, 监视
(复)vigils：(在宗教节日前的)祈祷

n.

1. 守夜; 警戒; 监视[C][U]

All night the mother kept vigil over the sick child.

母亲通夜守护在病儿的身边。

2. 宗教节日前夕的祈祷(式)[P]

词形变化

名词复数：vigils

词义辨析

同义参见:

eve  

英英释义

名词 vigil:

a period of sleeplessness

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

同义词：watch

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

同义词：watch

补充

vigilvigil英:[ˈvidʒil] 美:[ˈvɪdʒəl]n.1.保持清醒(尤指夜间); 不眠(时刻); 守夜

例句

1. Last weekend a nun held a vigil at the United Nations.上个周末, 一位修女在联合国静坐祈祷。 2. A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop.教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷, 以纪念这位主教。 3. Protesters kept vigil at the border last night.抗议者昨天夜里在边界静坐。 4. my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours.我夜间观察野鸟持续了好几个小时。 5. as he lay in a coma the family kept vigil.他昏迷不醒时，家人守护着。 6. "The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison. [=they held candles and waited for him to be executed or pardoned]"在他行刑的前一天晚上，这群人在监狱外彻夜为他做烛光祈祷。 7. She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son. [=she sat beside her son's bed when he was ill]她彻夜守候在儿子的病床旁。

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