awaken
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字源[编辑]
来自中古英语 awakenen或awaknen，来自古英语 awæcnan或awæcnian，来自a- 加上wæcnan或wæcnian。
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awaken (第三人称单数简单现在时 awakens, 现在分词 awakening, 一般过去时及过去分词 awakened)（参见下方使用注解）
- (及物) 叫醒，唤醒
- She awakened him by ringing the bell.
- 她摇铃叫醒他。
- (不及物) 醒，醒来
- Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
- 每天早晨他都面带笑容地醒来。
- (及物，比喻义) 使活跃，激起
- Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
- We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
- (神学) 唤起罪恶感
- (罕用) awake 的过去时分词
- 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
使用注解[编辑]
由于经常与 awake 混淆，本词也承袭了一些 awake 的变位，即简单过去式和过去分词分别变成 awoke 和 awoken。