| 单词 | watchful |
| 释义 | watch·ful 1. archaic a. < to thee I do commend my watchful soul — Shakespeare > b. < watchful cares — Shakespeare > c. < twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights — Shakespeare > 2. < there was a watchful dignity in the room — J.P.Marquand > 3. archaic 4. < an instructed and watchful physician might well hope to cure you — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < has been equally watchful to assure scope for the states upon which the Union rests — Felix Frankfurter > < watchful against attack > Synonyms: < glanced aside with a watchful air, just as a hound may often be seen to take sidelong note of some suspicious object — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < watchful of wind, water, and every movement of his opponents, he lost no chance to gain an inch — G.H.Genzmer > vigilant suggests unremitting, keen, often wary watchfulness < the vigilant eye of the Town Watch — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > < eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe — O.W.Holmes †1935 > wide-awake may stress keen awareness of relevant developments and situations < was wide-awake now, and practical, ready to cope with the truth, whatever it was — Kathleen Freeman > alert suggests careful watchfulness and ready promptness in apprehending danger or coping with difficulty or seizing opportunity < standing silent and alert, like a sentinel on duty, in some dark corner — J.G.Frazer > < the auction conducts the sales … and is alert to expand the market outlet — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > |
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