英 [ˈweɪk ʌp kɔːl] 美 [ˈweɪk ʌp ˌkɔːl]
提醒：某物用以提醒一个人存在问题、危险或需求。
wake-up call //
可数名词 A wake-up call is a telephone call that you can arrange through an operator or at a hotel to make sure that you wake up at a particular time. (总机、宾馆等提供的) 叫醒电话
I book a wake-up call for 4:45 a.m.
我预订了凌晨4点45分的叫醒电话。
可数名词 If you describe something bad that happens as a wake-up call, you mean that it acts as a warning that action needs to be taken to prevent something even worse from happening. 警钟
He urged her to treat the arrest as a wake-up call.
他力劝她把这次拘捕当作一次警钟。
a warning to take action concerning something that was overlooked or neglected
a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)
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I book a wake-up call for 4:45 a.m.
我预订了凌晨4点45分的叫醒电话。
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。
He urged her to treat the arrest as a wake-up call.
他力劝她把这次拘捕当作一次警钟。
He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.
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This is your morning wake-up call.
这是你早上的闹铃。
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For example, you could request a wake-up call in the morning.
比如你想要早晨的叫醒服务。
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Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy of Islamabad's Quaid-e-Azam University says the Talibans rapid advance towards the capital was a wake-up call for the government.
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