1 VERB 唤起，激起（情感） To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. 唤起，激起（情感） [literary]
2 V-ERG （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. （使）意识到；（使）认识到 [literary]
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The British never awaken to peril until it is almost too late. [VERB to noun]
英国人从来不懂得防患于未然。
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...the picture of the Earth, so blue and fragile, that awakened a generation to the Earth's mortality. [VERB noun to noun]
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
3 V-ERG 醒来;唤醒;叫醒 When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up. 醒来;唤醒;叫醒 [literary]
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Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments. [VERB]
不幸的是，奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。
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He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. [VERB noun]
德斯蒙德叫醒他的时候他还在打呼噜呢。
SYN awake, wake, wake up, revive
| Thesaurus | awaken Also look up: |
| VERB. | elicit, incite, induce, kindle 1 rouse 3 |
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