awaken
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause a person or an animal to) stop sleeping; waken (使人或动物)醒; 弄醒; 醒来; 醒著
We awakened to find the others had gone. 我们醒来发觉其他人已经走了.
I was awakened by the sound of church bells. 我被教堂的钟声吵醒.
(fig 比喻) They were making enough noise to awaken the dead. 他们发出的声音大得能把死人吵醒.
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to become active 使(某事物)活动, 活跃; 引起; 激起
Her story awakened our interest. 她说的事引起了我们的兴趣.
3 (phr v) awaken sb to sth cause sb to become aware of sth 使某人意识到某事; 唤醒某人警惕某事
awaken society to the dangers of drugs 唤醒社会警惕毒品的危害.