1when you stay awake to care for sb, etc.夜間看護ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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
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2silent political protest; time of prayer靜默抗議;祈禱ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGIL | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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