asleep
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·sleep /əˈsliːp/ ●●● S2 adjective [not before noun] 1 SLEEPsleeping 睡着的 OPP awake Quiet! The baby’s asleep. 安静！ 宝宝在睡觉。fast/sound asleep (=sleeping deeply) 睡得很熟的2 fall asleep a) SLEEPto begin to sleep 入睡 Grandad fell asleep watching TV. 爷爷看电视睡着了。 One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). 七分之一的交通事故是司机驾车时睡着引起的。 b) DIE literary used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly 长眠3 half asleep ATTENTIONvery tired or not completely awake 精疲力尽的；睡眼惺忪的 Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids’ breakfast. 珍妮睡眼惺忪地开始为孩子们准备早餐。4. MIan arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly 〔手臂或腿〕麻木的5 asleep at the wheel/switch not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens 漫不经心的〔以至不好的事发生〕 Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential. 几家出版商掉以轻心，没看到这本书的潜力。 → go to sleep at sleep2(3)Examples from the Corpus
asleep• At 7: 30 Celestine, dripping with sweat, returned to the bed where Stafford was still deep asleep.• But I was in the back of the wagon once and fell asleep.• He was lying under his shirt, asleep.• It drove him mad to think of a stranger standing next to our beds at night, and him asleep.• He roused Alexander White, 69, who was asleep in a first-floor flat filled with heavy smoke.• They were both asleep in moments.• The child was sound asleep now, his tiny eyelashes resting on rounded cheeks.• Kelly was asleep on the sofa.• She did not fall asleep until daybreak.fast/sound asleep• And she was screaming for her husband and he was sound asleep.• As I leave the car, I see that the little boy is now fast asleep.• From the sound of his rhythmic breathing, Loretta could tell he was fast asleep.• He stood on the moonlit grass, swaying slightly, holding himself upright but still fast asleep.• Most others are still sound asleep.• Then I fell sound asleep again.• She would have been fast asleep already, but for the Admiral's early-morning call.• He had intended to visit Meryl, who was probably fast asleep by now.a·sleep adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus sleeping
asleep
a‧sleep S2 /əˈsliːp/
adjective [not before noun]
OPP awake:
Quiet! The baby’s asleep.
fast/sound asleep (=sleeping deeply)
2. fall asleep
a. to begin to sleep:
Grandad fell asleep watching TV.
One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving).
b. literary used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly
3. half asleep very tired or not completely awake:
Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids’ breakfast.
4. an arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly
5. asleep at the wheel/switch not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens:
Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential.
⇨ go to sleep at sleep2(3)
a‧sleep S2 /əˈsliːp/
adjective [not before noun] Word Family: noun: sleep, sleeper, sleepiness, sleeplessness; adjective: asleep, sleepless, sleepy; adverb: sleepily, sleeplessly; verb: sleep
1. sleeping OPP awake:
fast/sound asleep (=sleeping deeply)
2. fall asleep
a. to begin to sleep:
b. literary used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly
3. half asleep very tired or not completely awake:
4. an arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly
5. asleep at the wheel/switch not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens:
⇨ go to sleep at sleep2(3)
demand to ask for sth very firmly; to say very firmly that sb should have or do sth 指强烈要求、坚决要求 ：◆ She demanded an immediate explanation. 她强烈要求立即作出解释。 require [ ( to make sb do or have sth, especially because it is necessary according to a law or set of rules or standardsrather
指要求做（某事）、达到（某水平），尤指根据法规或规定 ：◆ All candidates will be required to take a short test. 所有候选人都要做一个小测验。 expect to demand that sb should do, have or be sth, especially because it is their duty or responsibility 指要求、认为应得、指望，尤因义务或责任 ：◆ I expect to be paid promptly for the work. 我要求即时付工钱。 insist to demand that sth happens or that sb agrees to do sth 指坚决要求、坚持 ：◆ I didn't want to go but he insisted. 我并不想去，但他硬要我去。 ◆ We insist on the highest standards at all times.我们始终坚持最高标准。 ask to expect or demand sth 指期望、要求 ：◆ You're asking too much of him. 你对他要求过分了。
demand, expect or ask? 用 demand、expect 还是 ask？
Ask is not as strong asdemand orexpect , both of which can be more like a command.* ask 不如 demand 和 expect 语气强烈，demand 和 expect 更像命令。
Patterns
to demand/require/expect/ask sth of/from sbto demand/require/expect/insist/ask that… to require/expect/ask sb to do sth to demand/require/expect/ask a lot/too much/a great deal to be too much to expect/ask
demand to ask for sth very firmly; to say very firmly that sb should have or do sth 指强烈要求、坚决要求 ：◆ She demanded an immediate explanation. 她强烈要求立即作出解释。 require [ ( to make sb do or have sth, especially because it is necessary according to a law or set of rules or standardsrather
指要求做（某事）、达到（某水平），尤指根据法规或规定 ：◆ All candidates will be required to take a short test. 所有候选人都要做一个小测验。 expect to demand that sb should do, have or be sth, especially because it is their duty or responsibility 指要求、认为应得、指望，尤因义务或责任 ：◆ I expect to be paid promptly for the work. 我要求即时付工钱。 insist to demand that sth happens or that sb agrees to do sth 指坚决要求、坚持 ：◆ I didn't want to go but he insisted. 我并不想去，但他硬要我去。 ◆ We insist on the highest standards at all times.我们始终坚持最高标准。 ask to expect or demand sth 指期望、要求 ：◆ You're asking too much of him. 你对他要求过分了。
demand, expect or ask? 用 demand、expect 还是 ask？
Ask is not as strong asdemand orexpect , both of which can be more like a command.* ask 不如 demand 和 expect 语气强烈，demand 和 expect 更像命令。
Patterns
to demand/require/expect/ask sth of/from sbto demand/require/expect/insist/ask that… to require/expect/ask sb to do sth to demand/require/expect/ask a lot/too much/a great deal to be too much to expect/ask