awakening
noun[S]
uk/əˈweɪ.kən.ɪŋ/us/əˈweɪ.kən.ɪŋ/theactofstartingtounderstandsomething orfeelsomething:
觉醒，醒悟；认识，意识areligiousawakening宗教意识的觉醒
the awakening ofpublicconcernabout theenvironment公众对环境开始关注
He's in for arudeawakening(= will beshocked)when hestartswork!他开始做时就会大吃一惊！
a surprise
- surpriseThe announcement that she was leaving the post was a surprise to us all.
- shockIt will be a terrible shock if their income is cut.
- kickerUSThe kicker is that even after six rounds of interviews, she still wasn't a finalist for the job.
- a rude awakeningShe'll be in for a rude awakening when she has to pay her own bills.
- eye-openerHis unauthorized biography was a real eye-opener.
- news to meSarah is leaving? Well that's news to me.
Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive tosomethingidiom
- awake
- aware
- conscious
- familiar
- genned up
- have/keepyourfinger on the pulseidiom
- informed
- insider
- interoceptive
- overeducated
- perceive
- picture
- preliterate
- privy
- profound
- putsomeonein the pictureidiom