wake-up call
- IPA[ˈweɪkʌp ˌkɔːl]
英式
- a telephone call made at a prearranged time in order to wake someone up;a thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it
noun: wake-up call, plural noun: wake-up calls
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a telephone call made at a prearranged time in order to wake someone up she nearly slept through her wake-up call
- ▪ a thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it maybe this will be a wake-up call for society to change