温哥华英文教练,致力于地道英文表达
Wake 和awake都有“醒;叫醒;吵醒”的含义,用法区分很细腻。
首先,吵醒英文短语,二者都可以做动词,wake,woke,woken; awake,awoke,awoken。只是Wake做动词,一般以动词短语wake up的形式出现:
I wake up at 7:00 AM every day.
Wake me up,before you go-go.
I awoke the baby.也算正确,但不常用,用I woke the baby.更地道
其次,awake可做形容词,而wake不能
On New Year’s Eve,my children stay awake until midnight.
1、把你的父亲吵醒(两种表达)wake up your father 或 wake your father up 2、把他们叫醒(一种表达)wake them up 如果是名词,可以放在wake up的后面或中间.如果是代词,则要放在中间.
§ He’s awake.
B: At 6 sharp tomorrow morning, please.B:请用电话叫醒,我不想吵醒邻居。B: By phone, please. I don’t want to disturb my neighbors.A:好的,那么我们明早6点叫醒您。A: OK. So we will wake you up at 6:00 tomo。
Asleep的用法与awake做形容词时一样。
· He’s asleep.