Watchfulness
['wɔtʃfəlnis]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) vigilant attentiveness; 'he keeps a weather eye open for trouble'.
(noun.) the process of paying close and continuous attention; 'wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter'; 'vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue'.
格斯編輯--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- The escort and the universal watchfulness had completely isolated him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- His watchfulness of my guardian was incessant. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was very kind to her and grateful for her love and watchfulness over the boy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Profound silence and meditation on Caroline's part, and a sly watchfulness on Martin's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I would have delayed; I wished to recommend watchfulness to Perdita, but his presence restrained me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Ursula hated him for his cold watchfulness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Whenever it would have been out of tune, and out of time, his patient devotion and watchfulness came into play, and made him an admirable nurse. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- There was nothing revealed by the many eyes that looked at him but watchfulness and eagerness; there was no visible menacing or anger. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It was a time of uninterrupted watchfulness. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
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