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Wake 和awake都有“醒;叫醒;吵醒”得含義,用法區分很細膩。
首先,二者都可以做動詞,wake, woke, woken; awake, awoke, awoken。只是Wake做動詞,一般以動詞短語wake up得形式出現:
I wake up at 7:00 AM every day.Wake me up, before you go-go.I awoke the baby.也算正確,但不常用,用I woke the baby.更地道I was awakened by the dog’s barking. Awake較常出現在被動語氣中
其次,awake可做形容詞,而wake不能
On New Year’s Eve, my children stay awake until midnight.
§ He’s awake.
Asleep得用法與awake做形容詞時一樣。
· He’s asleep.