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watchfulness

/woch-fuhl/US // ˈwɒtʃ fəl //UK // (ˈwɒtʃfʊl) //

观察力,监视,观察性,监察

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
    • : Archaic. wakeful.

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Examples

  • The panel’s gavel for decades has been swapped between chairs who saw their main task as casting a watchful eye on widening deficits and a growing national debt.

  • From January to March, Freeman drives the roads along Central Valley’s almond orchards, keeping a watchful eye and fielding tips.

  • Finally, Ingenuity will take off on its first flight well within the watchful eye of the Perseverance rover and its cameras.

  • The watchful eye monitoring what’s commercially available to ingest is never as much watchful as we might like.

  • Much of the report spells out the need for strict oversight and ways to enforce regulations, under the watchful eyes of both scientists and the public.

  • There was no shelling this time, but there was the hum of watchful drones.

  • The truth is the NYPD is no less watchful because it is not watching everybody.

  • Under the watchful eye of Zuckerberg, Facebook’s policy seems to be “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”

  • Fuming, Jesse keeps a watchful eye on Walt, but he doesn't speak, or move.

  • “Nickelodeon was nothing short of amazing to work for, and they had their watchful eye on us all,” he said.

  • But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

  • The public eye, ever watchful and timid, waits scarcely for the show of danger to take alarm and withdraw its favour.

  • The baby had wakened with a cry, and a watchful attendant came gliding in at the sound.

  • The sight of his quietly watchful eyes, his grimly smiling lips, seemed to infuse courage into her anew.

  • There can be no doubt that Robert's management of home affairs was watchful, energetic, and liberal.