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vigilance

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警戒,警覺心,失眠症

資料來源 : 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.

資料來源 : 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}]
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