awaken
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英語[编辑]
字源[编辑]
來自中古英語 awakenen或awaknen，來自古英語 awæcnan或awæcnian，來自a- 加上wæcnan或wæcnian。
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動詞[编辑]
awaken（第三人稱單數簡單現在時 awakens，現在分詞 awakening，一般過去時及過去分詞 awakened）（參見下方使用註解）
- (及物) 叫醒，喚醒
- She awakened him by ringing the bell.
- 她搖鈴叫醒他。
- (不及物) 醒，醒來
- Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
- 每天早晨他都面帶笑容地醒來。
- (及物, 比喻) 使活躍，激起
- Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
- We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
- (神學) 喚起罪惡感
- (罕用) awake的過去時分詞
- 1665 Robert Hooke, Micrographia
- [This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away...
- 1665 Robert Hooke, Micrographia
使用註解[编辑]
由於經常與 awake 混淆，本詞也承襲了一些 awake 的變位，即簡單過去式和過去分詞分別變成 awoke 和 awoken。