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一、awake的用法

1. 醒着的(尤指刚要睡觉和刚睡完觉)(not asleep, esp immediately before and after sleeping)

(1) 作表语。例如：

They aren’t awake yet. 他们还没醒呢。

Are the children still awake? 孩子们还没睡着吗?

They’re wide (ie fully) awake. 他们精神着呢(毫无睡意)。

(2) 作宾语补足语 例如：

The noise was keeping everyone awake. 喧闹声吵得大家都睡不着。

(3) 作后置定语 例如：

He was the only person awake at the moment. 他是那时唯一醒着的人。

2. 对某事物觉察到的;意识到的;警觉的 (conscious or aware of sth )

作表语。例如：

Are you fully awake to the danger you’re in? 你充分意识到自己所处的危险了吗?

二、awake的搭配

1. 醒着的

(1) fully / thoroughly / scarcely / wide awake。例如：

By now, the baby was wide awake. 现在孩子还完全醒着。

(2) hardly / barely / only half awake 例如：

It was very early and I was only half awake. 天很早，我半睡半醒。

(3) still awake。例如：

The children were still awake when we went out.，我们走了出去时，孩子们还醒着。

(4) be / lie awake。 例如：

He lay awake in his bed. 他醒着躺在床上。

(5) come / jerk awake。例如：

Claudia came awake slowly. 克劳迪亚慢慢醒了。

Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare. 斯蒂芬猛地从噩梦醒来。

(6) keep / remain / stay awake。 例如：

He was struggling to stay awake. 他努力保持清醒。

(7) jerk / jolt / nudge / shake sb awake。例如：

A few hours later Benjamin shook me awake. 几个小时后本杰明把我晃醒。

(8) keep sb awake。例如：

The noise had kept her awake. 噪音使她睡不着。

注：awake作后置定语，作前置定语时用waking。

2. 意识到的

awake to 例如：

We must awake to our responsibilities. 我们一定要认识到自己的职责。

We are fully awake to the dangers of the situation. 我们充分意识到局势的危险。