| 单词 | awaken |
| 释义 | awaken (əweɪkən ) Word forms: awakens , awakening , awakened 1. verb To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling. [literary] The aim of the cruise was to awaken an interest in and an understanding of foreign cultures. [VERB noun] 2. ergative verb When you awaken to a fact or when someone awakens you to it, you become aware of it. [literary] ...the picture of the Earth, so blue and fragile, that awakened a generation to the Earth's mortality. [VERB noun to noun] 3. verb When you awaken, or when something or someone awakens you, you wake up. [literary] Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments. [VERB] He was snoring when Desmond awakened him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: awake, wake, wake up, revive Collocations: awaken interest Its looks alone should be enough to awaken interest. Times, Sunday Times Conceiving a desire to possess a fine telescope, he began by striving to awaken interest in the subject of astronomy through a series of lectures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seeing the lessons of servanthood in action awakens interest and deepens appreciation. Christianity Today For the discovery to count, the ground must be prepared, and on occasion prepared not only by awakening interest, but also by catastrophic loss. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 唤醒 Japanese: 呼び起こす |
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