awaken是什么意思_awaken读音|解释_awaken同义词|反义词

字源

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。

发音

• IPA^(帮助)：/əˈweɪkən/
• 韵部：-eɪkən

动词

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）

1. (及物) 叫醒，唤醒

   She awakened him by ringing the bell.

   她摇铃叫醒他。

2. (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。

3. (及物, 比喻) 使活跃，激起

   Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!

   We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.

4. (神学) 唤起罪恶感
5. (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...

使用注解

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。

近义词

• (叫醒)： knock up, uprouse
• (醒)： awake, stir
• (使活跃，激活)： animate, energize

回文构词

• fall asleep