Too few people are awake to the dangers of noise pollution.
意识到噪声污染危害性的人太少了。
Examples from the Corpus
be awake to something• Suddenly the world was awake to the dangers of nuclearweapons.
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
stay/keep/remain awake
I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.
lie awake
Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.
keep somebody awake
The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.
shake somebody awake
Ben shook me awake and told me the news.
adverbs
be wide/fully awake (=completely awake)
I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.
be half awake (=not fully awake)
Most of the people on the train were only half awake.
be hardly/barely awake
George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.
Examples from the Corpus
awake• It was nearly three in the morning, but Jill was still wideawake.• Some members of the audience were clearly having difficultystayingawake.• They won't allow us to see her until the anesthesia had worn off and she's fully awake.• When she returned to the bedroom, Jamie was awake.• Are you awake?• She tossed and turned, willing herself to stay awake.• She was all right, she was awake.• It was about this time that we seemed to come awake again.• Gretchen wandered into the kitchen, only halfawake and looking for coffee.• He listened, only half awake, as the teacher's voicedroned on.• I was still wide awake at 2:00 a.m. when Jody came home.• I've stopped drinking coffee in the evenings, as it tends to keep me awake at night.• I've lainawake at nights, turning the problem over and over in my mind.• I'm usually awake before anyone else.• About 2 a. m. he was jerkedawake by noises.• Will I be awake by the time I get back to the ward?• Ellen was determined to stay awake, despite the late hour.• We layawake for hours, each immersed in his or her own thoughts.• John, are you awake? I think I heard someone downstairs.• "Are you awake, Lucy?" she whispered.• He was awake now, and he knew what had happened.• So for those of you who are still awake, she comes from Montreal.• Barely awake, we stumbled out of the tent to find ourselves in a foot of water.• Shall he doubt whether he is awake, whether he is being pinched, or whether he is being burned?• Ben lay awake, worrying about next day's exam.
keep ... awake• Gloria would be able to read her Picturegoer as late as she wanted without keeping Dot awake.• You will be over the Falls and rescued in a few minutes and the water will help to keep you awake.• They keep us awake at night, along with public-safety concerns.• It's my husband Deardrie - he keeps me awake at night, grinding his teeth!• The insistent calls kept me awake for thirty minutes, forty, an hour.• Ike, formerradiodiscjockey, actually kept his congregation awake on Sunday mornings.• Nor did I complain when he kept me awake, twisting and turning, sighing and moaning.• Men find work problems keep them awake, while women worry about family troubles.
Artists finally awoke to the aesthetic possibilities of photography.
艺术家终于意识到了摄影的美学潜质。
Examples from the Corpus
awake• And then one day it awoke.• I would place the picture next to my bed so that I could see it first thing when I awoke.• She awoke around 2: 30 a.m. and went to work.• I awoke, feeling that someone was nearby.• When he awoke, he was next to a fire.• I awoke in pain, still hung over from the Nembles, and from there I proceeded to stumble downhill.• I awoke to rain and sleetpounding on the roof, and to the sound of rushingwind.• Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splittingheadache.
Originawake2
Old Englishawacan (from wacan) and awacian (from wacian); → WAKE1