awake
awake — adjective
1. with your eyes open and your mind working, rather than sleeping.
with your eyes open and your mind working, rather than sleeping.
Nadia lay awake until three in the morning, listening to the heavy rain.
lie awake (unable to sleep)
The baby is usually awake by six and starts crying for milk.
be awake by [time]
Two cups of strong coffee kept Zane wide awake during the long flight.
Are you still awake, Grandpa? Mom says dinner is ready.
The students tried to stay awake during the boring history lecture.
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
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.
be awake to + social issue
Investors must stay awake to small changes in the stock market each morning.
stay awake to + risk/change
The school board is now awake to the dangers of bullying in online chat groups.
Emma was the first nurse awake to the patient's worsening breathing during the night shift.
- 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 — verb
1. to come out of sleep, or to cause another person or animal to come out of sleep.
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.
awoke (past tense)
A loud thunderclap awoke the whole village just before midnight.
transitive: [noise] awoke [people]
Mei was awoken by her phone buzzing on the wooden bedside table.
Hannah awoke suddenly from a strange dream about her childhood home.
- 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
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.
awake + memories/feelings
The teacher's bedtime story awoke a love of reading in young Daniel.
awake + interest/love (in someone)
Years later, Pablo awoke to the truth that his uncle had lied to the family.
The shocking news report awoke the country to the scale of the river pollution.
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.