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，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.