Watchfulness

(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'.

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• But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The escort and the universal watchfulness had completely isolated him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• His watchfulness of my guardian was incessant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He was very kind to her and grateful for her love and watchfulness over the boy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Profound silence and meditation on Caroline's part, and a sly watchfulness on Martin's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I would have delayed; I wished to recommend watchfulness to Perdita, but his presence restrained me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ursula hated him for his cold watchfulness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• 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. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• There was nothing revealed by the many eyes that looked at him but watchfulness and eagerness; there was no visible menacing or anger. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It was a time of uninterrupted watchfulness. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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