noun
催醒电话;叫早电话
a telephone call that you arrange to be made to you at a particular time, for example in a hotel, in order to wake you up
I asked for a wake-up call at 6.30 a.m.
我请他们在早晨6:30打电话叫醒我。
让人警醒的事
an event that makes people realize that there is a problem that they need to do sth about
These riots should be a wake-up call for the government.
这些暴乱该为政府敲响警钟了。
wake-up call
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N-COUNT (旅馆等提供的)叫醒电话,叫醒服务
A wake-up call is a telephone call that you can book through an operator or at a hotel to make sure that you wake up at a particular time. -
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N-COUNT 警钟;警示
If you say that something is a wake-up call to a person or group of people, you mean that it will make them notice something and start to take action.The Ambassador said he hoped the statement would serve as a wake-up call to the government.
大使说,他希望这一声明能给政府敲响警钟。
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- a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)
- she left a wake-up call for 7 a.m.
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- a warning to take action concerning something that was overlooked or neglected
- the bombing was a wake-up call to strengthen domestic security
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Tomorrow morning I need a wake-up call .
明早我需要一个叫早电话。
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These riots should be a wake-up call for the government .
这些暴乱该为政府敲响警钟了。
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I asked for a wake-up call at 6.30 a.m.
我请他们在早晨6:30打电话叫醒我。
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Swimming pools , wine tasting , and pink sunsets ( at normal evening hours , not 4 in the afternoon ) filled the weekend , but the best part — particularly to my taste , dulled by months of cold-weather root vegetables - was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers ' market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call .
我整个周末都在享受游泳池、品酒和粉红色的日落(通常是晚上,而不是下午4点),但对吃了几个月冬季根茎类蔬菜的我来说,最棒的是早上7点去萨拉索塔农贸市场的冒险。事实证明,这值得我提前起床。
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And I think for many people , that wake-up call takes the form of an illness .
而我认为对很多人而言,那个警示铃常常是以疾病的形式出现。
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But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons7 of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need .
但环境保护工作者们相信,非洲象濒危所敲响的警钟能确保这些象征着非洲野生动物的庞大物种得到它们所需要的保护和生存空间。
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And sometimes it takes a wake-up call , doesn 't it , to alert us to the fact that we 're hurrying through our lives , instead of actually living them ;
而有时候只要一声警示来提醒我们正在匆忙地度过我们的生命,而不是真正有意义的过生活;
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Strong language can function as an effective wake-up call .
强硬的措辞能够起到警醒的作用。
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What time would you like your wake-up call ?
你想什么时候叫醒你呢?
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This town could use a bit of a wake-up call .
瀑布镇需要被唤醒
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Like all crises , this one is a wake-up call .
和所有危机一样,本轮危机敲响了警钟。
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Would you give me a wake-up call at seven ?
能在七点叫我起床吗?
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Determination is the wake-up call to the human will .
决心唤醒人的意志力。
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Several industries have chosen to view this problem as a wake-up call .
几个产业选择把这一问题看成是一个警钟。
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To face a second so soon should be a wake-up call .
如此快就面临第二次,应该让人警醒。
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So consider this a wake-up call - to get enough sleep .
为了保持充足的睡眠,就把这当做警钟吧。
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You could at least have arranged for a wake-up call .
你至少要安排请人用电话叫醒你。
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You 're just in time for my wake-up call .
你来的正是我闹钟响的时候。
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This crisis has been a wake-up call for all of us .
这场危机为我们所有人敲响了警钟。
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May I ask for a wake-up call tomorrow morning ?
明早我可以要求晨叫服务吗?
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Last week , I got a wake-up call .
上周,一通电话惊扰了我的美梦。
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Anyway , I think the prediction is a wake-up call .
不管怎样,我想这个预言为我们敲响了警钟。
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The recent cases have been a wake-up call .
最近这些案例已成为一记警钟。
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There is good reason for the wake-up call .
这一逆转有很好的理由。
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We want to go to the EU with this study as a wake-up call .
我们希望能将这项研究报告提交欧盟,敲响一记警钟。
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I 'd like a wake-up call in the morning .
我需要给我一个晨间起床电话。
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Either way , the whole experience has been a potent wake-up call .
无论如何,这段经历都有力地敲响了警钟。
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Can I have a wake-up call at six tomorrow morning ?
明天早上六点能叫醒我吗?
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The financial crisis was a wake-up call for East Asia on these issues .
在这些问题上金融危机对东亚敲了警钟。
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The emergence of city characteristic crisis is a wake-up call to the urban construction and development .
城市特色危机的出现给城市建设与发展敲响了警钟。