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vigilant 音標拼音: [v'ɪdʒələnt] a. 警醒的,警戒著的,警惕的 警醒的,警戒著的,警惕的 vigilant adj 1: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; " a policy of open- eyed awareness"; " the vigilant eye of the town watch"; " there was a watchful dignity in the room"; " a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" [ synonym: { argus- eyed}, { open- eyed}, { vigilant}, { wakeful}] Vigilant \ Vig" i* lant\, a. [ L. vigilans, - antis, p. pr. of vigilare to watch, fr. vigil awake: cf. F. vigilant. See { Vigil}.] Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. " Be sober, be vigilant." -- 1 Pet. v. 8. [ 1913 Webster] Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 89 Moby Thesaurus words for " vigilant": Argus- eyed, acute, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, attentive, aux aguets, avid, booted and spurred, briefed, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, coached, cocked, covering, custodial, defensive, eager, eagle- eyed, equipped, familiarized, fostering, good and ready, groomed, guarded, guardian, guarding, hawk- eyed, immunizing, in arms, in battle array, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, keen, keen- eyed, lidless, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized, observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the mark, on the watch, open- eyed, parental, planned, prearranged, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, preventive, primed, prophylactic, protecting, protective, provided, prudent, psyched up, ready, ready for anything, ripe, safeguarding, screening, set, sharp, sharp- eyed, sheltering, shielding, sleepless, tutelary, unsleeping, up in arms, wakeful, wary, watchful, well- prepared, wide- awake, with open eyes
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