单词 | awaken somebody to something |
释义 | awaken somebody to something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishawaken somebody to something phrasal verb formalUNDERSTANDto make someone understand a situation and its possible effects We must awaken people to the dangers for the environment. → awaken→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusawaken to • No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something.• The performance almost becomes a holy place-where a spiritual awakening seems to take place.• I wanted him to awaken and to tell me about his fights.• Lay himself deserves much of the credit for awakening geophysicists to this wondrous terrain half way to the center of the earth. |
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