Awakening

Definition

awaken /ǝ'weÇkǝn/ v ( rather fml ) ၁။ ႏိုးသည္။ ႏိႈးသည္။ We awakened to find the others had gone. ❍ I was awakened by the sound of church bells. ❍ ( fig ) They were making enough noise to awaken the dead. ၂။ ႏိုးၾကား ေစသည္။ ႏိႈးဆြေပးသည္။ an awakening realization that all was not well ❍ Her story awakened our interest. ❏ awaken (sb) to sth [ PHRV ] ႏိုးၾကားလာသည္။ သတိ ျပဳမိေစသည္။ awaken society to the dangers of drugs ❍ People have awakened to the fact that the policy is not working. ❏ awakening /ǝ'weÇkǝnÇŋ/ n ၁။ [C usu sing ] သတိ ျပဳမိျခင္း။ The discovery that her husband was unfaithful to her was a rude (ie shocking) awakening. ၂။ [U, C] ႏိုးၾကားလာျခင္း။ the awakening of religious feeling.

Examples

1. An object from the past can be used to engage the students’ interest and awaken curiosity.