The flashcard defines 'awaken' as a verb with three main meanings: to stir emotions, to make or become aware of something, and to wake up or cause someone to wake up.
The flashcard defines 'awaken' as a verb with three main meanings: to stir emotions, to make or become aware of something, and to wake up or cause someone to wake up.
[VERB 动词]唤起,激起(情感) To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
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[LITERARY 文]
The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures.
此次巡游旨在唤起我们对外国文化的兴趣和理解。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)意识到;(使)认识到 When you awaken to a fact or when someone awakens you to it, you become aware of it.
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[V n to n]
[LITERARY 文]
The British never awaken to peril until it is almost too late.
英国人从来不懂得防患于未然。
...the picture of the Earth, so blue and fragile, that awakened a generation to the Earth's mortality.
照片上的地球,如此的忧郁而脆弱,唤起了一代人对地球生命的意识
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]醒来;唤醒;叫醒 When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up.
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[LITERARY 文]
Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments...
不幸的是,奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。
He was snoring when Desmond awakened him.
德斯蒙德叫醒他的时候他还在打呼噜呢。
Oxford
awaken/əˈweɪkən; NAmEəˈweɪkən/verb( formal) 1[intransitive , transitive, often passive ]to wake up; to make sb wake up (使)醒来awaken(sb) (from/to sth) ◆She awakened to the sound of birds singing.她醒来听到鸟的叫声。awakento do sth ◆We awakened to find the others gone.我们醒来发现其他人已经走了。awakensb ◆He was awakened at dawn by the sound of crying.黎明时他被哭喊声吵醒。☞note at
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2[intransitive , transitive ]awaken(sth) if an emotion awakensor sth awakensan emotion, you start to feel that emotion 唤起;被唤起◆The dream awakened terrible memories.这个梦唤起了可怕的往事。PHRASAL VERBaˈwaken (sb) to sthto become aware or to make sb aware of sth and its possible effects or results (使)察觉到,意识到,醒悟到◆I gradually awakened to the realization that our marriage was over.我逐渐意识到我们的婚姻结束了。☞compare
1[intransitive, transitive] 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.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awaken:· She was woken up by the phone ringing.2[transitive] 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 phrasal verbto make someone understand a situation and its possible effects: We must awaken people to the dangers for the environment.
WDF
awaken
[əˈweɪkən]awakened, awakening, awakens
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awakened[2211] awakening[1682] awakens[605]
醒(64%),唤醒(29%),意识到(4%),激起(1%),使意识到(1%),使唤醒(1%)
vt.唤醒;唤起;使…意识到
vi.觉醒;醒来;意识到
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