akin to Middle Low German wake wake, Norwegian dialect vok, Old Norse vǫk hole in ice First Known Use Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a Noun (1) 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) 1627, in the meaning defined at...
The chapter introduces some of the central themes in the empirical and clinical literature on reconstructing meaning after trauma. A certain number of especially resilient people may adjust almost seamlessly to extremely negative events in their lives, whereas many others find that the presuppositions ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English a‧wake1/əˈweɪk/●●●S2adjective[not before noun] 1notsleepingI hope he’s awake now.She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee.How do youstay awakeduring boring lectures?Emmalay awakehalf the night, worrying...
About 4.7 billion people are below the “economic empowerment line” – meaning they can’t afford the daily basics essential for a decent quality of life. The problem is concentrated in lower- and middle-income economies, but about 270 million live in high-income economies, surrounded by prosp...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwoke/wəʊk$woʊk/verbthepasttenseofwake Pictures of the day What are these? Click on the pictures to check. 我们重视您的隐私 我們及我們的759合作夥伴會在您的裝置上儲存和存取個人資料,例如瀏覽資料或唯一識別碼。選擇「接受」將啟用追蹤技術,以支持...
Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay that begins with the sentence “Nowadays more and more people take delight in offering help t…
“lysergic wakefulness”—the pace became unsustainable. He ended up in the hospital for a few days after falling sick, and decided that his body’s rebellion meant it was time to take it a little slower, and finish the record at a more sustainable pace. Still, the bulk ofUtopia Teased...
Multiple factors need to be considered for this considerable progress. First and foremost, with the rapid development of our society, increasingly growing enterprises and factories around our city as well as the ways that people travel have led to serious environment pollution, which, as a wake-up...
Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning’s results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha‧wak‧en/əˈweɪkən/●○○verbformal1[intransitive, transitive]towakeup or to make someone wake upShe was awakened by a noise at two in the morning.Bill slept a little until he was awakened to take his turn on guard.RegisterIn ...