- [intransitive, transitive]
to wake up; to make somebody wake up
（使）醒来
- awake (somebody) (from/to something)
I awoke from a deep sleep.
我从沉睡中醒来。
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The girls awoke to the sound of rain rattling on the windows.
女孩们被雨点敲打窗户的声音惊醒。
- awake to do something
He awoke to find her gone.
他醒来发现她已经走了。
- awake somebody
Her voice awoke the sleeping child.
她的声音惊醒了睡着的小孩。
Which Word? awake / awaken / wake up / wakenawake / awaken / wake up / waken
- Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody
has finished sleeping:
上述动词中 wake (up) 最常用，可表示睡醒：
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What time do you usually wake up?
你通常什么时候醒来？
or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep:
亦指弄醒、唤醒：
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The children woke me up.
孩子们把我吵醒了。
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I was woken (up) by the telephone.
电话铃声把我吵醒了。
- The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past
tense awoke:
动词 awake 通常只用于书面语，而且用过去时 awoke：
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She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
她醒来时是阳光灿烂的一天。
Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature:
waken 和 awaken 要正式得多。awaken 尤用于文学作品：
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The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
王子的吻唤醒了睡美人。
- Awake is also an adjective:
awake 亦作形容词：
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I was awake half the night worrying.
我忧心忡忡，半宿不能成眠。
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Is the baby awake yet?
宝宝醒来了吗？
Waking is not used in this way.
see also asleep, sleep
Extra Examples
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She awoke early the next morning.
第二天早晨她醒得很早。
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He awoke suddenly in a cold sweat.
他突然惊醒，出了一身冷汗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
preposition
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- [intransitive, transitive]
awake (something)
if an emotion awakes or something
awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion
唤起；被唤起
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His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
他的发言必然要激起昔日的恐惧和敌对情绪。
Word OriginOld English āwæcnan, āwacian,
both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).