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vigilance 音標拼音: [v'ɪdʒələns] n. 警戒,警覺心,失眠癥 警戒,警覺心,失眠症 vigilance n 1: the process of paying close and continuous attention; " wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; " vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue" [ synonym: { watchfulness}, { wakefulness}, { vigilance}, { alertness}] 2: vigilant attentiveness; " he keeps a weather eye open for trouble" [ synonym: { watchfulness}, { vigilance}, { weather eye}] Vigilance \ Vig" i* lance\, n. [ L. vigilantia: cf. F. vigilance.] 1. The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge; of these the vigilance I dread. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Guard; watch. [ Obs.] " In at this gate none pass the vigilance here placed." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 30 Moby Thesaurus words for " vigilance": alertness, attentiveness, caution, circumspection, custodianship, custody, eagle eye, guard, guardedness, guardianship, invigilation, lookout, monitoring, observance, peeled eye, proctoring, prudence, qui vive, sharp eye, stewardship, surveillance, tout, vigil, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eyeVIGILANCE. Proper attention in proper time. 2. The law requires a man who has a claim to enforce it in proper time, while the adverse party has it in his power to defend himself; and if by his neglect to do so, he cannot afterwards establish such claim, the maxim vigilantibus non dormientibus leges subserviunt, acquires full force in such case. For example, a claim not sued for within the time required by the acts of limitation, will be presumed to be paid; and the mere possession of corporeal real property, as if in fee simple, and without admitting any other ownership for sixty years, is a sufficient title against all the world, and cannot be impeached by any dormant claim. See 3 Bl. Com. 196, n; 4 Co. 11 b. Vide Twenty years.
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