| 单词 | committee of vigilance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommittee of vigilance a. The quality or character of being vigilant; watchfulness against danger or any action on the part of others; alertness or closeness of observation. committee of vigilance (U.S.) = vigilance committee n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] wareness971 i-warnessa1250 awaitc1374 watch14.. circumspecta1513 vigilancy1537 vigilance1570 advigilancy1577 wait?1578 vigilantnessa1599 lookout1599 watchfulness1611 alert1801 wakefulness1830 outlook1879 monitoring1924 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > closeness of observation vigilancy1537 vigilance1570 watchfulness1611 sharpness1823 society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > vigilante committee vigilant men1824 committee of vigilance1837 vigilance committee1858 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biiiv/1 Vigilance, vigilantia. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 14 In regard of which enormities, it behooved parents to represse and bridle their wilde and untamed affections with great care and vigilance. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 16 For now they are oppress'd with trauaile, they Will not, nor cannot vse such vigilance As when they are fresh. View more context for this quotation 1656 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 261 Ye discouery and preuention of his designes is attributed to ye vigilance of Monke. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 1 Apr. 1/2 A Soldier's [profession]..should put him upon this religious Vigilance. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 253 Thus we kept up our hopes, and did not abate of our vigilance. 1781 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 284 His vigilance has..supplied the want of force in preventing the enemy from crossing the river. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 139 He was brought to trial by the Committee of Vigilance; seven elders of the presbyterian church of Nashville being among his judges. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. ii. 45 The King is to provide for his safety by vigilance, and a state of preparation. 1857 J. H. Gihon Geary & Kansas 35 A committee of vigilance..was appointed, whose duty it was to observe and report all such persons [i.e. abolitionists]. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 40 Does not this one fact show what constant vigilance it requires to preserve the public health in a large city. < as lemmas |
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