:an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night(尤指在夜晚的)守候,祈祷
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The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison. [=they held candles and waited for him to be executed or pardoned]在他行刑的前一天晚上,这群人在监狱外彻夜为他做烛光祈祷。
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She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son. [=she sat beside her son's bed when he was ill]她彻夜守候在儿子的病床旁。
kept vigil at their ailing son's bedside the entire time he was in the hospital
Recent Examples on the WebThere was a vigil on campus Sunday night, where community members mourned. Matthew Vantryon, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022 Akron police and Horrigan have asked the public for calm after the deaths of Journei Tolbert, 4, and Johnny Gaiter, 40, were shot while attending a vigil in the 700 block of Princeton Street on Friday night. Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 11 July 2022 In one of the new Chinese history textbooks, the incident has been reduced to a paragraph, with no photos or mention of a toll or the annual vigil for the victims once held in Hong Kong. Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Katie Gauthier, a Lowell resident who organized the vigil, said the community needed to get together and do something for the family after the tragedy. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 In 2013, when President Barack Obama was considering airstrikes in Syria to punish the government President Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons, the pope led 100,000 people in a four-hour prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square. Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 5 May 2022 The Johnson family organized a candlelight vigil for the longtime Brooklyn resident, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott pledged to intensify anti-violence efforts in the area. Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022 Parker says the family plans to have a candlelit vigil for Owen soon.PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2022 Shari Gullo and Pamela Self, co-founders of the Ela Peace Project, organized the vigil at the suggestion of an Ela Township official. Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English vigile, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin vigilia watch on the eve of a feast, from Latin, wakefulness, watch, from vigil awake, watchful; akin to Latin vigēre to be vigorous, vegēre to enliven — more at wake
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