vigil

英 [ˈvɪdʒɪl]

美 [ˈvɪdʒɪl]

n. (看望病人、祷告、抗议等的)不眠时间; (尤指)值夜，守夜祈祷

复数：vigils　

TEM8 医学

Collins.1 / BNC.14239 / COCA.10146

牛津词典

noun

（看望病人、祷告、抗议等的）不眠时间；（尤指）值夜，守夜祈祷
a period of time when people stay awake, especially at night, in order to watch a sick person, say prayers, protest, etc.
1. His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.
  他父母日夜守护在他的床边。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（夜间的）静默抗议
Avigilis 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.
1. 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。
2. 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。

英英释义

noun

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
Synonym:watch
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
Synonym:watch
a period of sleeplessness

双语例句

To promote the development of the development zone, and a staff members have more drudgery and refine system, a vigil for more than a year, hard work, and achieved great success.
为推动开发区的发展，他和开发区干部职工一道，熬更守夜苦干，细化制度，勤奋工作，一年多来，成绩斐然。
I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil and its head bent low with patience.
我要静静的等待着，就像那星光闪烁中的黑夜一样，耐心的低着头。
His face was grey from his night's vigil and he had not yet shaved.
他的脸色因为警卫熬了夜，显得灰蜡，而且没有刮脸。
Family and friends had been keeping a vigil by her bedside the entire time.
她的家人和朋友一直病床旁守着。
Outside the building people continue their vigil, huddling around bonfires.
在房子外面，人们挤在篝火旁边，继续守夜。
Memorial activities in Hong Kong will come to a head tonight at an annual candlelight vigil.
在香港，纪念活动将在今晚举行的年度烛光守夜期间达到高潮。
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.
尸体埋葬前一天晚上的守护。
The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工会领袖在400码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
She kept vigil at the bedside of her critically ill son
她整夜都守在病重的儿子床边。
I thought I was coming to a candlelight vigil.
我以为我是来参加烛光守夜的。