dawn on
dawn on — 片語動詞
- dawn onbase form
- dawns on3rd person singular
- dawning on-ing form
- dawned onpast simple
1. to suddenly become clear to someone — used when a fact, idea, or truth that was
恍然大悟
突然理解原本不明白的事
to suddenly become clear to someone — used when a fact, idea, or truth that was not understood before finally enters a person's mind, like daylight slowly appearing after night.
It dawned on Arjun that the shop was already closed for the holiday.
Arjun 才恍然大悟，原來那家店因為假期早就關門了。
it dawned on + person + that-clause
The full meaning of her words only dawned on Felix much later that evening.
Felix 直到那天晚上稍晚的時候，才完全明白她那些話的意思。
full meaning / truth dawns on + person
It never dawned on Sora to check the basement for the missing box.
Sora 從來沒想過去地下室找那個不見的箱子。
As the teacher explained the formula again, it slowly dawned on Ayana how it worked.
當老師再次解釋那個公式時，Ayana 才慢慢明白它是怎麼運作的。
It dawned on the mechanic that the strange noise was coming from a loose belt.
技師突然想通，原來那奇怪的噪音來自一條鬆掉的皮帶。
- dawn on someone
- it dawns on someone that...
- it dawned on someone that...
- it never dawned on someone that...
- it slowly dawned on someone that...
- it suddenly dawned on someone that...
- occur to
more neutral, suggests the idea simply enters the mind without the 'slowly dawning' metaphor — e.g. 'It occurred to me that I hadn't eaten.'
- strike
more sudden and forceful — implies the idea arrives with impact, e.g. 'It struck me that she was lying.'
- hit
informal and very sudden — suggests a strong, almost physical jolt of realization, e.g. 'It hit me that I'd forgotten her birthday.'
- register with
slightly more formal; means the information was received and processed, e.g. 'The warning didn't register with him until it was too late.'
文法句型
it dawns on somebody + that-clause
it dawned on somebody + that-clause
the truth / fact / idea dawns on somebody
用法筆記
The subject of this phrasal verb is always the thing that becomes understood (it, the truth, a fact, an idea). The person who understands is the object, following 'on'. Frequently used with the impersonal subject 'it' followed by a that-clause. The metaphor is of daylight (dawn) arriving to illuminate something previously dark.