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单词 wake-up call
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wake-up call

Word forms: plural wake-up calls
1. countable noun [usually singular]
A wake-up call is a phone call that you can book through an operator or at a hotel to make sure that you wake up at a particular time.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
If you say that something is a wake-up call to a person or group of people, you mean that it will make them notice something and start to take action.
The Ambassador said he hoped the statement would serve as a wake-up call to the government. [+ to]

wake-up call in British English

noun
1. 
a telephone call that wakes a person from sleep
2. 
an event that alerts people to a danger or difficulty

wake-up call in American English

1. 
a telephone call made by a wake-up service
2. 
anything that serves to arouse someone from apathy or inactivity

wake-up call in Hospitality

(weɪk ʌp kɔl)
Word forms: (regular plural) wake-up calls
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel room)
A wake-up call is a telephone call that you can arrange at a hotel to make sure that you wake upat a particular time.
SIMILAR WORDS: 
alarm call
I booked a wake-up call for 4:45 a.m.
Could I have a wake-up call at 6:30 tomorrow?
Ask the receptionist if you want a wake-up call in the morning.

Examples of 'wake-up call' in a sentence
wake-up call

Using it chilled gives eyes an extra wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is a wake-up call for him.
The Sun (2016)
Sometimes in life you get a wake-up call.
The Sun (2016)
Lack of sleep is a wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has certainly given him a wake-up call without a doubt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Boarding school was a big wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The new penalties should be a real wake-up call for anyone tempted to make calls on their mobile while driving.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That was a real wake-up call.
The Sun (2016)
If so, then see this as a wake-up call.
The Sun (2016)
This is a wake-up call to make changes in your marriage.
The Sun (2012)
Your relationship gets the wake-up call it needs.
The Sun (2011)
Why should we give you a wake-up call?
Christianity Today (2000)
Your love mood is daring and a relationship gets a wake-up call.
The Sun (2013)
This poll is a wake-up call for politicians.
The Sun (2014)
Your ambitions get a wake-up call and you turn a glimmer of opportunity into success.
The Sun (2011)
They just give you a little wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Love that has been drifting gets a wake-up call.
The Sun (2011)
The whole country needs a wake-up call.
The Sun (2009)
The early days of our independence were a wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The badly printed book acted as a wake-up call.
Diane Purkiss The English Civil War: A People's History (2006)
Surely this would be a wake-up call.
The Sun (2013)
It was a shock and a wake-up call.
The Sun (2011)
Getting caught is often the only true wake-up call to change their direction in life.
The Sun (2012)
Your new love style is fiery and fun and a relationship that has got too cosy gets a wake-up call.
The Sun (2008)
The married father said that he was trying to wake the woman up after she had not answered a telephone wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Will it be a wake-up call to make sure we do more and spend more to make sure players are looked after?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Your ideas and expectations get a wake-up call and you can see much more clearly which projects and people deserve your time.
The Sun (2009)
A relationship gets a wake-up call and you can make it more romantic and daring.
The Sun (2009)
Your ambition chart gets a wake-up call and you're closer to success than you think.
The Sun (2012)
In a way it's a good thing to get a wake-up call.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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