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vigil n.守夜；值夜；监视(复)vigils：(在宗教节日前的)祈祷. (1) 弗赖斯节死后，杜洛瓦同弗赖斯节夫人一起守灵。(2) 她整夜守在病人旁边。(3) 侦探们又开始在那栋房子警戒了。 Vigil comes from the Latin word for "awake," and all its meanings include the idea of watchfulness. If you're attending a vigil or keeping vigil, you shouldn't expect to take a nap. The vigil is an apt kind of demonstration for peace movements, as it's calm, non-violent, and solemn, with participants standing quietly — sometimes holding candles.

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英 ['vɪdʒɪl] 美 ['vɪdʒɪl] (1) After Forestier's death, he and Mrs. Forestier kept a vigil over the corpse.(2) She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside.(3) The detectives resumed their vigil at the house. A vigil is when you stay alert to guard something, as when you keep vigil over your hen house when the foxes are out, or a vigil can be solemn — as when a candlelight vigil is held for victims of a tragedy. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（夜间的）静默抗议 A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.   [V inflects]A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop...为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool.哀悼者准备在利物浦筹备举行一次烛光祈祷。If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（在夜间）静默抗议She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside.她在帕特里克的床边守夜。...protesters who kept vigil at the border last night.昨天夜里在边界静坐的抗议者

英语单词	vigil
英美音标	英 ['vɪdʒɪl] 美 ['vɪdʒɪl]
中文释义	n.守夜；值夜；监视 (复)vigils：(在宗教节日前的)祈祷.
英语例句	(1) After Forestier's death, he and Mrs. Forestier kept a vigil over the corpse. (2) She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside. (3) The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
中文例句	(1) 弗赖斯节死后，杜洛瓦同弗赖斯节夫人一起守灵。 (2) 她整夜守在病人旁边。 (3) 侦探们又开始在那栋房子警戒了。
vocabulary简明	A vigil is when you stay alert to guard something, as when you keep vigil over your hen house when the foxes are out, or a vigil can be solemn — as when a candlelight vigil is held for victims of a tragedy.
vocabulary扩展	Vigil comes from the Latin word for "awake," and all its meanings include the idea of watchfulness. If you're attending a vigil or keeping vigil, you shouldn't expect to take a nap. The vigil is an apt kind of demonstration for peace movements, as it's calm, non-violent, and solemn, with participants standing quietly — sometimes holding candles.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（夜间的）静默抗议 A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. [V inflects] A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop... 为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。 Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool. 哀悼者准备在利物浦筹备举行一次烛光祈祷。 If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（在夜间）静默抗议 She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside. 她在帕特里克的床边守夜。 ...protesters who kept vigil at the border last night. 昨天夜里在边界静坐的抗议者

Vigil Quietly Bedside Held Period Remain Night Praying