1. vigil是什么意思

1. All night the mother kept vigil over the sick child.
    母亲通夜守护在病儿的身边。

1. 守夜：他与人合作编剧并独自导演了关于成长故事的电影<守夜>>(Vigil),1984年在戛纳获得金棕榈奖的提名. 两年之后,新西兰第一部动画片<福特罗特公寓>>(Footrot Flats)面世,它是根据新西兰非常成功的同名连环漫画拍摄而成的.

2. 值夜警戒：vigia 疑位或疑存的浅滩或暗礁 | vigil 值夜警戒 | vigilance 警戒

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3. 监视：vigesimal 第二十的 | vigil 监视 | vigilance committee 警戒会

4. 不眠,惊醒：生活能力 ; viability | 不眠,惊醒 ; vigil | 维生素滥用 ; vitamin abuse

1. 值夜；守夜（祈祷）；（夜间的）静默抗议
    A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.

    e.g. A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop...
           为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。
    e.g. Mourners are to stage a candlelit vigil in Liverpool.
           哀悼者准备在利物浦筹备举行一次烛光祈祷。

1. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

    Synonym: watch

2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

    Synonym: watch

3. a period of sleeplessness