vigilance

英 [ˈvɪdʒɪləns]

美 [ˈvɪdʒələns]

n.  用心，小心戒备，小心谨慎，非常小心，谨小慎微; 警醒（症）；失眠症

TOEFL医学

BNC.13835 / COCA.13494

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 警惕的;警觉的；警戒的
  Someone who isvigilantgives careful attention to a particular problem or situation and concentrates on noticing any danger or trouble that there might be.
  1. He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious...
     他警告公众要提高警惕，遇到任何可疑情况都要报告。
  2. All but one of these letter bombs had been intercepted by vigilant post office staff.
     除了一封漏网之外，警惕的邮局员工截获了其余所有的邮件炸弹。

英英释义

noun

• vigilant attentiveness
  1. he keeps a weather eye open for trouble
  Synonym:watchfulnessweather eye
• the process of paying close and continuous attention
  1. wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
  2. vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
  Synonym:watchfulnesswakefulnessalertness

双语例句

• We keep high vigilance.
  我们保持高度警惕性。
• We now entered upon a period of extreme tension and vigilance.
  我们现在进入了一个非常紧张，需要非常警惕的时期。
• Above all, we must heighten our vigilance and prevent such a disaster.
  重要的是，我们必须提高警惕，我们必须阻止这样的灾害再次发生。
• Never relax your vigilance.
  别松懈了警惕性。
• I was determined not to relax my own vigilance.
  我决心不松懈自己的警惕性。
• War or no war, we must maintain strict vigilance.
  无论有无战争，我们都必须保持高度的警惕性。
• The occupier of the next seat move upon your armrest the moment your vigilance flags.
  当坐在你旁边的那个人占用你的扶手的时候，你要开始扬旗警戒了。
• The issue becomes one of vigilance rather than intelligence.
  这一问题将转变成为一种关于警惕性而不是智力性问题。
• Defeating terrorism requires constant vigilance and preparation by our citizens and by our government.
  击败恐怖主义需要我们的人民和政府的保持长期的警觉和长期的斗争准备。
• The whole Party and nation must heighten their vigilance against the conspiratorial activities of counter-revolutionaries.
  阴谋有时会报应在阴谋者身上。全党和全国人民对于反革命分子的阴谋活动，必须提高警惕性。