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awakening

/uh-wey-kuh-ning/US // əˈweɪ kə nɪŋ //UK // (əˈweɪkənɪŋ, əˈweɪknɪŋ) //

觉醒,觉醒的,觉醒的人,唤醒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of awaking from sleep.
    • : a revival of interest or attention.
    • : a recognition, realization, or coming into awareness of something: a rude awakening to the disagreeable facts.
    • : a renewal of interest in religion, especially in a community; a revival.

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Examples

  • Though more of a comedy than a romance, this tender portrait of a teenager’s sexual awakening is equal parts sensitive, funny and sweet.

  • It was like a culinary awakening for me, all the fresh markets and the importance of ingredients.

  • Four years into climate awakening and action, Peter felt he had accomplished nearly zero.

  • Still, as I look back on 2020, I see a year of great reflection, awakening, and resiliency.

  • The pandemic, its economic impacts, and the social and racial awakening that marked this year have driven corporate leaders to seek a more just form of capitalism.

  • On Monday night, a major moment in New York history will get a Royal awakening.

  • It was a little bit like an awakening, and I just stuck with it.

  • Her screams attracted attention, awakening one man who lived on the seventh floor of a nine-story building across the street.

  • For some, it sped up a process of awakening that may have taken years.

  • “There has been an awakening,” a British defense official told The Daily Beast.

  • The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.

  • In that sudden awakening had occurred the very psychological climax required to reveal the passionate emotion accumulated below.

  • The result was a new interest in Greek learning in all its branches, and a very rapid awakening of the scientific spirit.

  • I don't doubt you will find more than one affinity if you are awakening; that is merely the mating instinct.

  • It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.

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