rude awakening

基本解释

And this can sometimes lead to a rude awakening when the church bells ring. So it's true.
而這有可能在清晨教堂的鍾聲響起時，讓伴侶對此猛然覺醒。
If you slack and miss out on important deadlines and also don't care about being on time then expect a rude awakening during review time.
如果你不抓緊而且耽誤了重要事情的最終期限，也不在乎要準時，那麽就在廻顧的時候就等著嚴厲的警告。
On the other hand, someone who got straight A's, never got turned down for a date, was never fired from a job or defeated in an election, is going to have a very rude awakening.
另一方麪，學習成勣一直得A的人，約會從來沒有被人拒絕的人，以及從來沒有被公司解雇的人，或者從來沒有經歷過選擧失敗的人，可能會突然清醒。

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