lose consciousness (=go into a type of deep sleep that is not normal)
As she fell, she hit her head and lost consciousness for several minutes.
regain/recover consciousness (=wake up)
I wanted to stay at the hospital until he regained consciousness.
return to consciousness
When I returned to consciousness, my head was throbbing with pain.
bring somebody back to consciousness
The doctors were unable to bring her back to consciousness.
drift in and out of consciousness (=be awake and then not awake, and then awake again, etc)
He had a high temperature and was drifting in and out of consciousness.
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consciousness• Compared to the rest of the universe, intelligence and consciousness and life are stableinstabilities.• Her legs were almost too shaky to hold her up and she felt consciousness closing down.• The whole problem is consciousness, organization and leadership.• I slice a piece out of my finger, see the bloodpour out, and lose consciousness.• He then grabs his throat with both hands, as if suddenly choking, closes his eyes and pretends to lose consciousness.• If you lose consciousness, even for a second, then you have sufferedbraindamage and must withdraw from further competition.• My consciousness was raised, my knuckles were rapped and I no longer write or think that way.• The death of President Kennedy almost 40 years ago still lives in the nationalconsciousness.• And the extent of these associative and other processes increases as we ascend the scale of consciousness.
regain consciousness• In many instances, the person with a majorseizure will be confused after regaining consciousness.• But when the man finally regains consciousness and staggers to a mirror, even he is unsure of who he is.• Mrs Fanshawe had regained consciousness in Stowerton RoyalInfirmary after her six-week-long coma.• He had regained consciousness, but was drowsy and uncomfortable.• He regained consciousness and crawled back to the house to be taken care of by his young wife.• The doctors don't know when he'll regain consciousness.• Officers tried to resuscitate him but he did not regain consciousness.• She regained consciousness in a corner of the wall; people were talking, including, it seemed to her DeputyYang.• Two and a half weeks after the accident, he began to regain consciousness.• She died without regaining consciousness.
public consciousness• The Olympiandeities themselves no longer dominatedpublic consciousness as they had done for centuries past.• It emerged in public consciousness as a reaction to Charles Darwin and the evolution controversy.• The Women's Liberation or FeministMovement was influential in bringing women's issues into public consciousness.• Inevitably, in time, some of the progressive ideas being put forwardseeped into public consciousness.• As a result this very large pay-out to 1.4m families has made scantimpact on public consciousness.• The United States' economicsuccess during the 90s embedded this idea in the public consciousness.• Leary belonged to that second string of artists, very good but never thrust into the public consciousness.• The bikecoalition is also seeking to raise the public consciousness about the benefits of biking.
1being able to see/hear/feel things能看見;能聽見;能感覺到ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤full完全清醒▸➤higher較高層次的知覺◇to aspire to a higher consciousness渴望有更敏銳的感覺➤cosmic, divine宇宙/敬神意識◇powerful states of cosmic consciousness強大的宇宙意識狀態◇the practices that are used by yogis to reach divine consciousness瑜伽修行者用於達到感知神靈境界的修行➤altered改變了的知覺▸➤individual個人知覺▸➤animal, human動物的/人的知覺◇the modern study of animal consciousness現代對於動物知覺的研究VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS➤lose失去知覺◇She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.她的頭撞在石頭上,失去了知覺。➤recover, regain恢復知覺◇When she regained consciousness she was in a hospital bed.等她恢復意識的時候,她已躺在醫院病牀上了。➤bring sb back to使某人恢復知覺◇The cold water brought me back to full consciousness.冷水使我完全清醒過來了。➤enter進入知覺◇The words slowly entered her consciousness.她開始慢慢聽清了這些話。➤alter改變知覺◇In some cultures shamans use drugs to alter consciousness.在有些文化中,薩滿用藥物來改變知覺。PHRASES➤a level of consciousness, a state of consciousness清醒的程度/狀態◇an altered state of consciousness改變了的知覺狀態consciousness
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2being aware of sth意識ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤full完全的意識◇I left the room with full consciousness of the impression I would make.我離開了房間,完全明白我會給人留下什麼印象。➤growing越來越深刻的感覺▸➤collective, popular, public集體意識;公眾意識◇Hip-hop exploded into popular consciousness at the same time as the music video.嘻哈文化與音樂電視一起大量進入公眾意識。➤national民族意識▸➤modern現代意識➤historical歷史意識◇These memories became an important component of Polish historical consciousness.這些記憶成為波蘭歷史意識中的一個重要部份。➤class, cultural, environmental, feminist, gay, political, religious, social, working-class階級/文化/環境/女權/同性戀/政治/宗教/社會/工人階級意識◇a new political consciousness among young people年輕人中一種新的政治意識◇a book that has changed cultural consciousness in the US一本改變美國文化意識的書➤black, ethnic, racial(南非)黑人意識運動;族群意識;種族意識◇African American racial consciousness非洲裔美國人的種族意識◇a sense of ethnic consciousness among Lithuanian Americans立陶宛裔美國人的族群意識➤civic公民意識◇a decline in civic consciousness and a growing indifference to public affairs公民意識的淡化和對公共事務的日益淡漠➤critical批評意識◇Our role as educators is to develop a critical consciousness among our students.作為教育者,我們的任務就是培養學生的批評意識。➤false (technical術語) 錯誤的觀念◇He claims that it's a form of false consciousness for working people to vote.他聲稱讓工薪階層的人去投票是一種錯誤的觀念。VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS➤develop, raise培養意識;提高覺悟◇They have succeeded in raising consciousness on many issues.在很多問題上他們已提高了覺悟。➤enter進入意識◇imagery that has entered the national consciousness through the media通過媒體進入到民族意識中的意象➤alter改變意識◇a change that altered our collective consciousness forever永遠改變了我們集體意識的一種變化➤be lodged in, lodge itself in留在意識中◇The idea firmly lodged itself in the public consciousness.這一觀念牢牢地紮根於公眾意識中。PREPOSITION➤in (the) consciousness在意識中◇a key position in feminist consciousness女權主義意識中一個重要的立場➤consciousness about (especially NAmE) 關於⋯的意識◇a new consciousness about the health consequences of pesticides關於殺蟲劑對健康的影響的新認識➤consciousness among⋯中的意識➤consciousness of關於⋯的意識◇a growing consciousness of environmental issues among children兒童對環境問題不斷增強的意識