vigil

[US]/'vɪdʒɪl/
[UK]/'vɪdʒɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 保持清醒(尤指夜間);不眠(時刻); 守夜;警戒宗教節日前夕祈禱(式)
Word Forms
複數vigils

Phrases & Collocations

candlelight vigil

燭光守夜

hold a vigil

舉行守夜

attend a vigil

參加守夜

prayer vigil

祈禱守夜

Example Sentences

a jittery vigil in the dark.

在黑暗中緊張不安的失眠

a silent vigil outside the presidential palace

總統府外無聲的守夜抗議

a vigil for the murdered politician

爲遭謀殺的從政者通宵靜默抗議

my birdwatching vigils lasted for hours.

我夜間觀察野鳥持續了好幾個小時。

as he lay in a coma the family kept vigil .

他昏迷不醒時,家人守護着。

For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil.

牧羊人孤零零地連續看守了三個晚上。

Cabezon C, Vigil P, Rojas I, Leiva ME, Riquelme R, Aranda W, Garcia C.Adolescent pregnancy prevention: An abstinence-centered randomized controlled intervention in a Chilean public high school.

卡比宗,P.維吉爾,I.羅傑斯,ME.勒瓦,R.裏克爾梅,W.阿蘭達,C.加希亞,《預防青少年懷孕:在智利公立高中進行的以禁慾爲中心的隨機控制干預》。

Real-world Examples

There was candlelight vigils. It felt almost funereal.

他們舉行了燭光守夜活動。感覺像在送葬。

Source: NPR News February 2020 Compilation

Our correspondent Gavin Lee attended the vigil.

請聽本臺記者嘉文·李爲您從守夜現場發回的報道。

Source: BBC Listening March 2016 Compilation

Families and friends of miners have been holding a vigil outside.

礦工的家屬和朋友一直在外面進行守夜活動。

Source: CNN Listening Collection May 2014

Hundreds of people attended the vigil for the slain officers Monday.

週一,數百人蔘加了遇難警察的守夜活動。

Source: AP Listening Compilation June 2015

I stood vigil for him myself last night.

昨晚是我替他守的靈.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil on Sunday.

共和黨州長羅恩·德桑蒂斯在週日的守夜活動上發表講話時,聽衆大聲發出了噓聲。

Source: AP Listening Collection August 2023

Honour to those indefatigable spirits who consecrate their vigils to the amelioration or to the alleviation of their kind!

光榮歸於不知疲倦、不分晝夜、獻身事業、增進人類幸福、減輕人類痛苦的天才!

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Meanwhile the National Organization for Women plans a candle light vigil at the Supreme Court.

同時,全美婦女組織計劃在最高法院舉行一場燭光守夜活動。

Source: NPR News January 2013 Compilation

Nicky Spencer-Coker is spokeswomen for PowerWomen232, a group of professional women that organized the vigil.

這次守靈活動由職業女性團體PowerWomen232組織,Nicky Spencer-Coker是該機構發言人。

Source: VOA Standard August 2015 Collection

They murmur prayers, forming a makeshift vigil.

他們低聲祈禱,進行了臨時的守夜活動。

Source: NPR News January 2021 Compilation

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