awaken
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.
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.
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*[ә'weikәn]vt. 唤醒, 唤起, 使意识到vi. 觉醒, 意识到相关词组: be awaken to the importance of...
Catching a fish is a lot more complicated than just throwing a worm in the water.
钓鱼可不是把鱼饵抛进水里那么简单。
Thank you for your inquiry. Please tell us the quantity you require so that we can work out the offers.
感谢贵方询价。请告诉我们贵方所需数量以便我方报价。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.