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A vigil is a period of time when people stay awake on purpose, often at night, to watch, wait, or show they care about something. People hold a vigil beside a sick person's bed, or a vigil outside to remember someone who died or to support a cause.
守夜；（悼念或聲援活動）守夜祈禱會
組成從拉丁文 vigilia（清醒、警覺）而來
同家族的字
- vigilantvigil 和 vigilant 都來自拉丁文 vigil，意思是「醒著、警覺的」
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Vigilname
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A surname.
vigilnoun/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/
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An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
- I saw her head drooped upon her hand; her whole attitude expressing that profound depression, whose lonely vigil wastes the midnight in a gloomy watch, which yet hopes for nothing at its close.
- Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.
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A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
- His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.
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The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
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A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
- The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.
vigilverb/ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/
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To participate in a vigil.
- As the arrested painters and their supporters waited out their "day in court," other activists distributed Hiroshima information leaflets, vigiled silently with placards and banners, and marched 500-strong through downtown Boston to a rally at City Hall Plaza.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。