stand sentinel

基本解释

We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves.
我們必須時刻警惕保護我們自己。
We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves; The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen.
我們必須讓哨兵站崗保護我們；他們站崗保衛的寶石被盜。
For years we were content to stand sentinel over this Megalithic site and we bore our burden with honor.
多年來我們觀看在負我們的與榮譽的這個巨石站點重荷。
Every empty, shell-pitted house they had passed that day, every gaunt chimney standing sentinel over smoke-blackened ruins, had frightened her more.
那天他們經過的每一幢彈痕累累、空無人菸的房子，每一個像哨兵似的站在火後廢墟上的乾瘦的菸囪，都使她瘉來瘉害怕了。
stand sentry; stand sentinel; go on sentry duty
站崗放哨