awake
awake — 形容詞
1. with your eyes open and your mind working, rather than sleeping.
醒著的
沒在睡覺，眼睛張開的狀態
with your eyes open and your mind working, rather than sleeping.
Nadia lay awake until three in the morning, listening to the heavy rain.
Nadia一直醒著躺到凌晨三點，聽著外頭的大雨聲。
lie awake (unable to sleep)
The baby is usually awake by six and starts crying for milk.
寶寶通常六點就醒了，還會哭著要喝奶。
be awake by [time]
Two cups of strong coffee kept Zane wide awake during the long flight.
兩杯濃咖啡讓Zane在長途飛行中一直清醒得很。
Are you still awake, Grandpa? Mom says dinner is ready.
爺爺，你還醒著嗎？媽媽說晚餐好了。
The students tried to stay awake during the boring history lecture.
學生們努力在無聊的歷史課中保持清醒。
文法句型
be/stay/lie + awake
用法筆記
Used only after a linking verb such as 'be', 'stay', 'lie', or 'keep' — never directly before a noun. To describe a noun directly, use 'waking' (waking hours) instead.
常見錯誤
2. noticing something important — for example, a danger or an opportunity — and rea
察覺到的
對某問題或機會有所警覺並準備行動
noticing something important — for example, a danger or an opportunity — and ready to act on it.
The mayor is finally awake to the housing crisis facing young families in the city.
市長終於正視城裡年輕家庭面臨的住房危機。
be awake to + social issue
Investors must stay awake to small changes in the stock market each morning.
投資人每天早上都得密切留意股市的小幅變動。
stay awake to + risk/change
The school board is now awake to the dangers of bullying in online chat groups.
校方現在已警覺到網路聊天群組裡的霸凌風險。
Emma was the first nurse awake to the patient's worsening breathing during the night shift.
Emma是夜班護理師中第一個察覺到病患呼吸惡化的人。
- blind to
refusing or failing to notice
- oblivious to
not noticing at all, often through carelessness
文法句型
be awake to + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used in the structure 'be/stay awake to + noun', and the noun is usually a problem, danger, or opportunity. Distinguish from sense 1 (NOT SLEEPING): here the focus is mental awareness, not the state of the eyes.
常見錯誤
awake — 動詞
1. to come out of sleep, or to cause another person or animal to come out of sleep.
醒來；喚醒
從睡眠中清醒，或把人弄醒
to come out of sleep, or to cause another person or animal to come out of sleep.
Wairimu awoke at dawn to the smell of fresh bread from the bakery downstairs.
Wairimu天剛亮就醒了，聞到樓下麵包店傳來的新鮮麵包香。
awoke (past tense)
A loud thunderclap awoke the whole village just before midnight.
一聲響雷在午夜前喚醒了整個村子。
transitive: [noise] awoke [people]
Mei was awoken by her phone buzzing on the wooden bedside table.
美被木質床頭櫃上嗡嗡作響的手機吵醒了。
Hannah awoke suddenly from a strange dream about her childhood home.
Hannah從一個關於童年老家的怪夢中突然驚醒。
- fall asleep
begin sleeping; opposite of awaking
- doze off
drift gently into sleep
文法句型
awake (intransitive)
awake somebody
用法筆記
Forms: awake / awoke / awoken. Considered formal or literary; in everyday speech 'wake up' is far more common. Often appears in narrative prose with a sensory cause (a smell, a sound, a touch).
常見錯誤
2. to cause a feeling, memory, or interest to begin in someone, or to begin noticin
喚起；意識到
勾起情感或記憶，或開始意識到某事
to cause a feeling, memory, or interest to begin in someone, or to begin noticing or feeling such a thing yourself.
The old wartime photograph awoke painful memories in Grandma Sofia.
那張戰時的舊照片喚起了Sofia奶奶心中痛苦的回憶。
awake + memories/feelings
The teacher's bedtime story awoke a love of reading in young Daniel.
老師的睡前故事在小Daniel心中喚起了對閱讀的熱愛。
awake + interest/love (in someone)
Years later, Pablo awoke to the truth that his uncle had lied to the family.
多年後，Pablo才意識到叔叔一直在對家人撒謊的事實。
The shocking news report awoke the country to the scale of the river pollution.
那則震撼的新聞報導讓全國意識到河川污染的嚴重程度。
文法句型
awake + feeling/memory
awake to + realization
用法筆記
Two patterns coexist. Transitive: 'X awakens [feeling/interest] in Y' — typical objects are memories, fears, hope, curiosity. Intransitive with 'to': 'X awakes to [the truth/danger]' — closer in meaning to adjective sense 2. Distinguish from sense 1 (STOP SLEEPING): no actual sleep is involved here.