wake up tosth
—phrasal verbwithwakeverb[IorT]uk/weɪk/us/weɪk/past tensewokeorwaked|past participlewokenorwaked(alsowake up)
tostarttounderstandthat asituationorproblemexists
开始意识到(问题)
Governments arefinallywakingup to thefactthat theenvironmentshould becleanedup.各国政府终于开始意识到应该整治环境这个事实。