以a-开头的形容词用法新探·aware

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一、aware的用法

1. 知道；意识到；明白(knowing or realizing sth)

(1) 作表语。例如：

Are you aware of the difficulty? 你意识到困难了吗?

I’m (well) aware that very few jobs are available. 我(很) 清楚工作职位非常少。

I don’t think you’re aware (of) how much this means to me. 我想你还不知道这对我多么重要。

(2) 作宾语补足语。例如：

It’s time someone made him aware of the effects of his actions. 该有人让他知道他的所作所为造成的后果了。

2. 察觉到；发觉；发现 (noticing that sth is present, or that sth is happening)

作表语。例如：

She became aware that something was burning. 她发觉有东西烧着了。

3. 对……有兴趣的；有意识的 (interested and knowing about sth and thinking it is important)

(1) 作定语。例如：

She’s always been a politically aware person. 她一直非常关心政治.

(2) 作表语。例如：

Young people are very environmentally aware. 年轻人的环保意识很强。

二、aware的搭配

1. 意识到的

(1) be / seem / become awake。例如：

Bill became aware that he was still holding his glass. 比尔意识到，他仍然握着他的玻璃杯。

(2) make sb awake。例如：

We need to make people more aware of these problems. 我们必须使人们更加认识到这些问题。

(3) remain / stay awake。例如：

Citizens need to remain aware of the danger. 公民需要知道危险。

(4) acutely / intensely / keenly / very / very much / well awake。例如：

I am very much aware that not everyone agrees with me. 我非常清楚，不是每个人都同意我的说法。

(5) fully / perfectly awake。例如：

Mr Moore did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act. 穆尔先生似乎没有充分认识到这种行为的重要性。

注：认为very不能修饰aware的传统观点是不符合当前英语实际情况的。

(6) consciously

Even before you are consciously aware of being afraid, your body may be reacting. 你还没有意识害怕的时候，你的身体可能正在做出反应。

(7) dimly / vaguely / suddenly awake。例如：

She was suddenly aware that she was being watched. 她突然意识到，她在被监视。

(8) barely / hardly / not really awake。例如：

He was not really aware of what he was doing. 他真的不知道自己在做什么。

(9) horribly / painfully / uncomfortably awake。例如：

Moran was painfully aware of Luke’s absence. 莫兰痛苦的意识到卢克的缺席。

(10) awake of。例如：

The police are well aware of the dangers. 警方十分清楚这些危险。

2. 对……有兴趣的

environmentally / politically / socially aware。例如：

The organization aims to create a new generation of environmentally aware consumers and producers. 该组织的目的是培养新的一代具有环保意识的消费者和生产者。

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