1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]WAKE UP/GET UP to wake up or to make someone wake up (使)醒来,吵醒
She was awakened by a noise at two in the morning.
凌晨两点,她被一个声音吵醒。
Bill slept a little until he was awakened to take his turn on guard.
比尔睡了一会儿,直到被叫醒去换岗。
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In everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awaken: 在日常英语中,人们一般说wake up,而不说awaken
She was woken up by the phone ringing.
她被电话铃声吵醒了。
2[transitiveT]FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC if something awakens an emotion, interest, memory etc it makes you suddenly begin to feel that emotion etc 激发起,唤起
Early involvement in music can awaken an interest that will last a lifetime.
早接触音乐可以激起终生的兴趣。
3awaken somebody to somethingphrasal verbphr v formalUNDERSTANDto make someone understand a situation and its possible effects 使领悟,使醒悟;使意识到
We must awaken people to the dangers for the environment.
我们必须让人们意识到对环境造成的危害。
Examples from the Corpus
awaken to • No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something.• The performance almost becomes a holy place-where a spiritualawakening seems to take place.• I wanted him to awaken and to tell me about his fights.• Lay himself deserves much of the credit for awakening geophysicists to this wondrousterrain half way to the center of the earth.