资料来源 : pyDict
警戒,警觉心,失眠症
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vigilance \Vig"i*lance\, n. [L. vigilantia: cf. F. vigilance.]
1. The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of
sleep; wakefulness.
2. Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution;
circumspection. --Cowper.
And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their
earthly charge; of these the vigilance I dread.
--Milton.
3. Guard; watch. [Obs.] ``In at this gate none pass the
vigilance here placed.'' --Milton.
{Vigilance committee}, a volunteer committee of citizens for
the oversight and protection of any interest, esp. one
organized for the summary suppression and punishment of
crime, as when the processes of law appear inadequate.
资料来源 : WordNet®
vigilance
n 1: the process of paying close and continuous attention [syn: {watchfulness},
{alertness}]
2: vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for
trouble" [syn: {watchfulness}, {weather eye}]