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BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146

vigil

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vig·il /ˈvɪdʒəl/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1  WATCHa period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray, remain with someone who is ill, or watch for danger 〔尤指在夜间为了祈祷、守护病人或提防危险情况的〕守夜，值夜
 Eva and Paul kept a constant vigil by their daughter’s hospital bedside.
伊娃和保罗一直在医院里守在女儿的病床边。
2  PROTESTa silent political protest in which people wait outside a building, especially during the night 〔尤指夜间的〕静坐抗议
silent/candle-lit vigil
 Two thousand demonstrators held a candle-lit vigil outside the embassy.
2,000名示威者在大使馆外举行了一次烛光静坐。
Examples from the Corpus
vigil• For Hagerman and others in his family, it was the second time they have endured such a vigil.• A blizzard kept demonstrators away, and a planned church vigil reportedly fizzled for lack of interest.• At the weekend they held a silent vigil in Liverpool.• All the McIlkenny grandchildren are holding candles in support of the vigil for their grandfather.• They will share the vigil for tigers in every bush, and fire in every breath of wind.
kept ... vigil• Each night, Brian kept his lonely vigil, doing homework and listening intensely to what was going on behind the door.• As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.• All that night again Kalchu kept his vigil.• Miles kept vigil by the door but began to grow tired.• He was always in the cheerful rooms upstairs, where the Sisters kept a constant vigil on premature and very sick children.• A well-loved monument to the devotion of a little terrier who kept vigil on his master's grave for many years.• Time lost its familiar context, and uncertainty and foreboding colored those who kept vigil.
held ... vigil• Canon Oates held another vigil to mark John's five hundredth day in August.• Outside, 100 opponents of the death penalty held a silent vigil, and a handful of its supporters jeered.• At the weekend they held a silent vigil in Liverpool.
Origin vigil
(1200-1300) Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia “staying awake, keeping watch”, from vigil “awake”
vig·il noun
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BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146
vigil

noun¹

 1when you stay awake to care for sb, etc.夜間看護ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤24-hour, all-night, constant, round-the-clock (BrE) * 24 小時／通宵／日夜／晝夜守護◇Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside.事故發生後，男孩的父母日夜守護在他的牀邊。➤bedside (especially BrE) 牀邊看護◇His fiancée kept a bedside vigil during his weeks in intensive care.在他處於重症監護的幾週裏，未婚妻一直守候在他的牀邊。➤lonely孤獨的守夜◇For three nights he maintained his lonely vigil.他孤零零地連續看守了 3 個晚上。VERB + VIGIL➤keep, maintain, stand值夜；夜間保持警戒◇He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.他告訴看門人要值夜。PREPOSITION➤vigil over對⋯的值夜守護◇the husband's vigil over his dying wife丈夫在妻子彌留之際的不眠守護
vigil

noun²

 2silent political protest; time of prayer靜默抗議；祈禱ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤candlelight, candlelit (especially BrE) 點燭光的守夜抗議◇Protesters held a candlelight / candlelit vigil against the war.抗議者舉行了燭光守夜以反對戰爭。➤silent無聲的守夜抗議◇a silent vigil outside the presidential palace總統府外無聲的守夜抗議➤prayer守夜祈禱➤peace為和平守夜祈禱VERB + VIGIL➤hold守夜➤organize組織守夜抗議▸➤attend參加夜間祈禱PREPOSITION➤vigil for為⋯的靜默抗議◇a vigil for the murdered politician為遭謀殺的從政者舉行的靜默抗議
BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146
vigil noun
⇨ watch
BNC: 14239 COCA: 10146

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