Vigilance

(n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.

(n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.

(n.) Guard; watch.

贝弗莉录入

• Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A robbery of a daring and aggravated nature occasioned a vigilance of pursuit, and a strictness of search, they had not calculated on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But in this situation, the superior vigilance and attention of a private adventurer would, in all probability, soon make them weary of the trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Tippins, letting down the window, playfully extols the vigilance of her cavalier in being in waiting there to hand her out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But Wemmick was equally untiring and gentle in his vigilance, and the Aged read on, quite unconscious of his many rescues. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I adverted to what Adrian had already done--I promised the same vigilance in furthering all his views. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The cures he prescribed were vigorous government interference, strict magisterial vigilance; when necessary, prompt military coercion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• To follow the pace of living requires enormous vigilance and sympathy. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• In the various agitations of vigilance committees and alliances for the suppression of the traffic they profess to see continued a work which the abolitionists began. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• A vague bent to mischief, an aimless malevolence, made constant vigilance indispensable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But all the while another self was sharpening her to vigilance, whispering the terrified warning that every word and gesture must be measured. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• When the quantity of gold and silver imported into any country exceeds the effectual demand, no vigilance of government can prevent their exportation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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