awaken

英語编辑

awaken (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 awakens, 現在分詞 awakening, 一般過去時及過去分詞 awakened)（參見下方使用註解）

(及物) 叫醒，喚醒
She awakened him by ringing the bell.
她搖鈴叫醒他。
(不及物) 醒，醒來
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
每天早晨他都面帶笑容地醒來。
(及物，比喻義) 使活躍，激起
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!

We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
(神學) 喚起罪惡感
(罕用) awake 的過去時分詞
- 1665 Robert Hooke, Micrographia
  [This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away...

由於經常與 awake 混淆，本詞也承襲了一些 awake 的變位，即簡單過去式和過去分詞分別變成 awoke 和 awoken。