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单词 vigilant
释义
vigilant
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪdʒ.əl.ənt/us
/ˈvɪdʒ.əl.ənt/
always beingcarefultonoticethings,especiallypossibledanger:
警觉的；警戒的；警惕的
Following thebombscareat theairport, thestaffhave beenwarnedto beextravigilant.机场的炸弹恐吓事件之后，全体员工都被告诫要格外警惕。
Synonyms
open-eyed
watchful
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cautious and vigilant
  • abundance
  • an abundance of cautionidiom
  • askance
  • attentive
  • attentively
  • conservative
  • conservatively
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • discreet
  • methodically
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
  • mindful
  • scrupulous
  • sedulous
  • sedulously
  • slowly
  • super-cautious
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vigilantly
(Definition ofvigilantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vigilant| American Dictionary

vigilant
adjective
us
/ˈvɪdʒ·ə·lənt/
being verycarefultonoticethings,esp.signsofdanger:
Securitypersonnelneed to be more vigilant incheckingbagsandpackages.

vigilance

noun[U]us
/ˈvɪdʒ·ə·ləns/
The vigilance of amotherfoxprotectsheryoungfromdanger.
(Definition ofvigilantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvigilant

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Nevertheless, the press-then stillvigilantabout protecting personal freedom from medical statism-was alarmed.
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Procuring ration cards may be difficult unless the department concerned has staff sufficientlyvigilant, efficient, dedicated and sympathetic to issue cards on request.
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On the lighter side, however, the allure of academic activism can also compromise and threaten our scholarly work if we are notvigilant.
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Vigilantmonitoring of the heart and central venous pressures help prevent cardiac and venous distension.
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The potential duplicity of visual representation thus requires avigilantset of empirical tests.
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They were particularlyvigilantabout the management of the financial resources available to them.
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They may also try to be veryvigilantfor threat.
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As a consequence, the guard was doubled and clergy and justices were asked to be especiallyvigilant.
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Analysts should bevigilantas this situation provides a fertile ground for the involuntary distortion (or manipulation) of results.
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A highly anxious andvigilantanimal may, in many natural settings, be at a greater survival advantage compared with its more relaxed littermates.
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Likewise, the past spoke to the present of the need to bevigilantabout abject poverty, welfare injustices, and basic human needs.
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Music educators need to bevigilantin addressing this problem.
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Second, the copy-editor could have been morevigilant.
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The patient's life (in fact, a slow, inevitable, unconscious death) was ended deliberately ahead of time to reduce thevigilantfamily's suffering.
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But they must be equallyvigilantagainst crime.
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