Wake 和awake都有“醒;叫醒;吵醒”的含义,用法区分很细腻。

首先,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
  • I was awakened by the dog’s barking. Awake较常出现在被动语气中

其次,awake可做形容词,而wake不能

  • On New Year’s Eve, my children?stay awake?until midnight.

§?He’s awake.

Asleep的用法与awake做形容词时一样。

· He’s asleep.

wake什么意思(wake 和awake的区别)