vigil
noun /ˈvɪdʒɪl/
/ˈvɪdʒɪl/
[countable, uncountable]- a period of time when people do not sleep, especially at night, in order to watch a sick person, say prayers, protest, etc.
（看护病人、祷告、抗议等的）不眠时间；（尤指）值夜，守夜祈祷 - His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.
他父母日夜守护在他的床边。 - Students held a candlelit vigil against the war.
学生们举行了烛光守夜祈祷活动反对战争。
- For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil.
牧羊人孤零零地连续看守了三个晚上。 - He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.
他告诉看门人要值夜。 - His fiancée kept a bedside vigil during his weeks in intensive care.
在他处于重症监护的几周里，未婚妻一直守候在他的床边。 - Protesters held a candlelight/candlelit vigil against the war.
抗议者举行了烛光守夜以反对战争。 - Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside.
事故发生后，男孩的父母日夜守护在他的床边。 - a silent vigil outside the presidential palace
总统府外无声的守夜抗议 - a vigil for the murdered politician
为遭谋杀的从政者举行的静默抗议 - the husband's vigil over his dying wife
丈夫在妻子弥留之际的不眠守护
词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin vigilia, from vigil ‘awake’. - His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.