wake-up call
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT 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。
2. N-COUNT 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。
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wake-up call (wake-up calls)
剑桥词典
- If something that happens is a wake-up call , it should make you realize that you need to take action to change a situation .
警示，警钟
For the insurance industry , these floods were a wake-up call . 对保险业来说，这些洪水敲响了警钟。
a phone call that you arrange to be made, for example in a hotel , to wake you up at a certain time
（旅馆、酒店的）电话叫醒服务 返回 wake-up call