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ˈwake-up ˌcall noun [countableC]
1an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation 警示
The success of extremist groups in the elections should be a wake-up call to all decent citizens.
极端主义团体在选举中获胜,这对于所有正派公民来说应该是一个警示。
2.a telephone call that someone makes to you, especially at a hotel, to wake you up in the morning 〔尤指酒店里的〕叫醒电话SYN alarm call
Examples from the Corpus
wake-up call• This should be a wake-up call to everyone.• Clinton recently had a wake-up call.• The latest report on increased drug use is a wake-up call for America.• Seattle was, as everybody now says, a wake-up call.• That had been his wake-up call.• They needed a mightywake-up call as much as they needed to learn the parts of speech.• My wake-up callarrived when the amount of spamsellinglists of e-mail addressesexceeded that pushingmiraclediet drugs.