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awaken

美音:[ə´weıkən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.唤醒,醒来,唤起

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名词:awakener 动词过去式:awakened 过去分词:awakened 现在分词:awakening 第三人称单数:awakens

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awaken


/ə'weɪkən; ə`wekən/ v
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) stop sleeping; waken (使人或动物)醒; 弄醒; 醒来; 醒着
*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.
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.
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.

awaken


v formal
[Language: Old English;Origin: awAcnian, from wAcnian; WAKEN]
[I and T]
to wake up or to make someone wake up
 She was awakened by a noise at two in the morning.
 Bill slept a little until he was awakened to take his turn on guard.
[T]
if something awakens an emotion, interest, memory etc it makes you suddenly begin to feel that emotion etc
 Early involvement in music can awaken an interest that will last a lifetime.
awaken to [awaken sb⇔to sth] phr v
to make someone understand a situation and its possible effects
 We must awaken people to the dangers for the environment.