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awake

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a·wake1 /əˈweɪk/ ●●● S2 adjectiveadj [not before noun]  
1 SLEEPnot sleeping 醒着的
 I hope he’s awake now.
我希望他现在醒着。
 She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee.
我给她端去咖啡的时候,她还是半睡半醒的样子。
 How do you stay awake during boring lectures?
听无聊的课你是怎样不让自己睡着的?
 Emma lay awake half the night, worrying.
埃玛忧心忡忡,半宿都没睡着。
 The noise brought him wide awake (=completely awake).
那声音使他睡意全无。
 To keep themselves awake (=stop themselves from going to sleep) they sat on the floor and told each other stories.
为了不让自己睡着,他们坐在地板上相互讲故事。
2 be awake to something UNDERSTANDto understand a situation and its possible effects 理解某事物,意识到某事物 SYN be aware of something
 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。
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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.
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awake2 verb (past tensepst awoke /əˈwəʊk $ əˈwoʊk/, past participlepp awoken /əˈwəʊkən $ əˈwoʊ-/) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
1 formalWAKE UP/GET UP to wake up, or to make someone wake up (使)醒来,唤醒
 It was midday when she awoke.
她醒来时已是中午。
 We awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
我们醒来时阳光明媚。
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In everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awake: 在日常英语中,人们一般说wake up,而不说awake
I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning.
今天早上我四点钟醒的。
2 literaryFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC if something awakes an emotion, or if an emotion awakes, you suddenly begin to feel that emotion 唤起,激发起;被唤起
 The gesture awoke an unexpected flood of tenderness towards her.
没料到这个姿势激起了对她的无限柔情。
3awake to something phrasal verbphr v UNDERSTANDto begin to realize the possible effects of a situation 开始领悟到;意识到 SYN wake up to
 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。
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Origin awake2
Old English awacan (from wacan) and awacian (from wacian); → WAKE1

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