| [/əˈweɪkən; əˋwekən/] v 用法:
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) stop sleeping; waken （使人或动物）醒; 弄醒; 醒来; 醒著:
We awakened to find the others had gone. 我们醒来发觉其他人已经走了. *
I was awakened by the sound of church bells. 我被教堂的钟声吵醒. *
(fig 比喻) They were making enough noise to awaken the dead. 他们发出的声音大得能把死人吵醒. 用法:
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to become active 使（某事物）活动, 活跃; 引起; 激起:
Her story awakened our interest. 她说的事引起了我们的兴趣. 用法:
3 (phr v) awaken sb to sth cause sb to become aware of sth 使某人意识到某事; 唤醒某人警惕某事:
awaken society to the dangers of drugs 唤醒社会警惕毒品的危害. |