awaken
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) stop sleeping; waken (使人或動物)醒; 弄醒; 醒來; 醒著
We awakened to find the others had gone. 我們醒來發(fā)覺其他人已經(jīng)走了.
I was awakened by the sound of church bells. 我被教堂的鐘聲吵醒.
(fig 比喻) They were making enough noise to awaken the dead. 他們發(fā)出的聲音大得能把死人吵醒.
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to become active 使(某事物)活動, 活躍; 引起; 激起
Her story awakened our interest. 她說的事引起了我們的興趣.
3 (phr v) awaken sb to sth cause sb to become aware of sth 使某人意識到某事; 喚醒某人警惕某事
awaken society to the dangers of drugs 喚醒社會警惕毒品的危害.
?? 擴展釋義
*[?'weik?n]vt. 喚醒, 喚起, 使意識到vi. 覺醒, 意識到相關(guān)詞組: be awaken to the importance of...