rude awakening• I was expecting the oralexam to be easy, but I was in for a rude awakening.• But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.• Eric Young's tackleproved a rude awakening.• Four months after the self-determinationspeech he received a rude awakening on both scores.• Conservativeelementssteeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.• Moving to the city was a rude awakening for an innocent country girl like Eli.• Well, it was a rude awakening.• The sudden fall in stock prices was a rude awakening for new investors.• The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantichedgehog behind one of the goalposts.• Renters who move into a vacatedapartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.• This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤rude, sudden猛然覺醒;突然醒悟◇If they expected a warm welcome, they were in for a rude awakening.要是他們以為會受到熱烈歡迎,他們很快就會醒悟並非如此。➤political, religious, sexual, spiritual政治上的覺醒;宗教上的覺醒;性慾的萌動;精神的覺醒◇the political awakening that followed the crisis危機之後的政治覺醒PREPOSITION➤awakening from從⋯覺醒◇Kerry's awakening from slumber克裏從安睡中醒來➤awakening to對⋯的認識◇the story of one boy's awakening to his sexuality一個男孩子性慾萌動的故事