It was a rude awakening to learn after I left home that I wasn't so special anymore.

离家后我才猛然意识到自己不再有什么特别。

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I hadn't studied hard at college and so I had a rude awakening after I began to work.

我在大学时念书不用功,开始参加工作后才后悔莫及.

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I had a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy.

我发现自己已到了破产边缘时才猛然意识到事情不妙.

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The latest Supreme Court decision was a rude awakening.

最高法院最近的裁决就正好是当头棒喝,叫人如梦初醒.

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The older generation had a rude awakening.

老一辈人猛然醒悟了.

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This time he a rude awakening.

这次他才如梦初醒.

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Emma suffered a rude awakening when Mr. Elton, finding her alone, asked her to marry him.

埃尔顿先生私下向爱玛求婚,这使爱玛猛然醒悟.

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