a.  醒着的

v. （使）醒来，唤醒

v.  唤起，激发起；被唤起

• be awake to sth  理解某事物，意识到某事物 ≈ be aware of sth

• awake to sth  开始领悟到；意识到

• be half/fully awake  半睡半醒；睡意全无

• Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. 保持清醒以便处理信息

• How do you stay awake during boring lectures?

  听无聊的课你是怎样不让自己睡着的？

• Too few people are awake to the dangers of noise pollution.

  意识到噪声污染危害性的人太少了。

• It was midday when she awoke.

  她醒来时已是中午。

• It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.

  过了一些时间她才意识到处境危险。

BrE /əˈweɪk/

NAmE /əˈweɪk/