| 词组 | awaken |
| 释义 | AWAKEN bring someone around to bring someone to consciousness.The doctor brought Tom around with smelling salts.The boxer was knocked out, but the doctor brought him around. bring someone to to bring someone to consciousness; to wake someone up.The nurse brought the patient to.She's hurt! Come on, help me bring her to. come (a)round to return to consciousness; to wake up.He came around after we threw cold water in his face.The boxer was knocked out, but came round in a few seconds. come to to become conscious; to wake up.We threw a little cold water in his face, and he came to immediately.Come to, John! You act as if you were in a daze. Rise and shine! Get out of bed and be lively and energetic! (Informal. Often a command. Fixed order.)Come on, children! Rise and shine! We're going to the beach.Father always calls "Rise and shine!" in the morning when we want to go on sleeping. rude awakeningThe shocking instance of learning the unpleasant or unwelcome truth about a situation. We had a rude awakening when the waiter brought us the bill and we saw how much we had spent on dinner and drinks. awake(n) fromTo rouse from something (often sleep). Today, I was awoken from my sleep by my neighbor's barking dog. Awake from your daydreams, class, it's time to talk about the periodic table. a rude awakeningCOMMON If you have had a rude awakening, you have been forced to realize the unpleasant truth about something. Such details as have emerged about the new economic package suggest that these citizens are indeed in for a rude awakening. Johnson was confident he could make a quick profit. But, instead of quick profits, he got a rude awakening. a rude awakeninga sudden realization of the true (bad) state of affairs, having previously been under the illusion that everything was satisfactory. 2004 The New Farm It must have been a rude awakening for the world powers when upstart Third-World countries began to flex their collective muscle. a rude aˈwakening(written) a sudden, unexpected discovery of an unpleasant fact, truth, etc: If he thinks that the exam’s going to be easy, he’s going to get a rude awakening. |
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