awaken

ә'weikәn

Collins 1

v. cause to become awake or conscious
v. make aware

vt. 唤醒, 唤起, 使意识到
vi. 觉醒, 意识到

Collins 星级

10,051

BNC 频率

5,681

使用频率

awaken 由前缀 a- 和动词 waken 组成。前缀 a- 表示“朝向”或“使”，而 waken 意为“醒来”。结合起来，awaken 字面意思是“使醒来”。

例句

1. I usually awaken early in the morning to exercise.

我通常在早上早早醒来锻炼。

2. The loud noise outside began to awaken the sleeping baby.

外面的响声开始把正在睡觉的宝宝吵醒。

3. She tried to awaken his interest in reading by giving him interesting books.

她试图通过给他有趣的书籍来唤起他对阅读的兴趣。