| 词组 | awake |
| 释义 | awake Awake, wake, awaken, waken, and wake up can all be used as intransitive verbs to say that someone becomes conscious again after being asleep. They can also be used as transitive verbs to say that someone makes you conscious when you have been asleep. Awake and wake are irregular verbs. Their past tenses are awoke and woke, and their past participles are awoken and woken. ◊ 'awake' and 'wake' Awake and wake are fairly common in writing, especially as intransitive verbs. I awoke from a deep sleep. I sometimes wake at four in the morning. ◊ 'awaken' and 'waken' Awaken and waken are old-fashioned or literary words. They are usually used as transitive verbs. She was awakened by a loud bang. When she was asleep nothing wakened her. ◊ 'wake up' In ordinary conversation, you use wake up. ...young babies waking up at night and crying. Ralph, wake up! They went back to sleep but I woke them up again. ◊ other meanings You can say that something awakens your interest or feelings. My first visit to a theatre awakened an interest which never left me. I can only hope to awaken some enthusiasm for my subject. If you wake up to a problem or a dangerous situation, you become aware of it. The Church must wake up to the financial problems of the clergy. The West began to wake up to the danger it faced. ◊ 'awake' used as an adjective Awake can also be used as an adjective. If someone is awake, they are not asleep. An hour later he was still awake. Lynn stayed awake for a long time. Awake is usually used after verbs like 'be', 'stay', 'keep', and 'lie', but it can also be used with verbs like 'shake' and 'prod' to say that someone wakes someone else up. You would have to shake her awake. Wendy would nudge me awake. Awake is sometimes used after a noun. She was the last person awake. He was walking more like a somnambulist than a person fully awake. ◊ WARNING You never use awake in front of a noun. You do not say that someone is 'very awake'. You say that they are wide awake or fully awake. He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat. She rose, still not quite fully awake. |
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