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woke

/wohk/US // woʊk //UK // (wəʊk) //

唤醒,唤醒了,唤起,唤醒的

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense of wake.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : having or marked by an active awareness of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those related to civil and human rights: In light of incidents of police brutality, it’s important to stay woke.He took one African American history class and now he thinks he’s woke.We're trying to make woke choices in life.
    • : aware of the facts, true situation, etc.: The moon landing was staged. Stay woke!A tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable. Stay woke.
    • : awake: I had to drink lots of coffee this morning to stay woke.

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Examples

  • In an ironic twist, his self-imposed blockade on collecting donations from “woke corporations” is one reason his digital ad team is spending more on Facebook.

  • I’m not sure Republicans will stay on this message of attacking the woke and cancel culture.

  • Fourth, this anti-woke posture gives conservative activists and Republican officials a way to excuse extreme behavior in the past and potentially rationalize such behavior in the future.

  • Third, this anti-woke posture provides something of a policy infrastructure for the GOP, aligning with the party’s existing priorities and introducing some new ones.

  • Perhaps voters will view attacking the woke and cancel culture as the latest round of partisan fights around identity and race.

  • One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.

  • When she came to, she alleges that she woke up in his bed and Cosby had his shirt off.

  • She woke up and realized she had no recollection of the past several hours.

  • Another incident, in January, involved a Kenyan man, Paul Mutora, who woke up in the morgue 15 hours after being pronounced dead.

  • “I woke up and I was in the back of my car all alone,” Ferrier said.

  • The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.

  • Both animal and man seemed to be dozing, but they woke into activity when the sahib approached.

  • Instantly Eudora, who had seemed so listless, woke up with all the hospitality of her Southern nature roused to action.

  • Perhaps vanity was wounded there—that his successful rival woke contempt in her was unendurable.

  • It was two nights after this conversation that I woke out of deep sleep and heard sounds of screaming.