I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell,
我按响了门铃，试图唤醒我的妻子，
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 92 Asking for trouble

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

tried [[traid]] 词频1
a. 试验过的, 可靠的\\n[法] 已经审讯的, 已经查验的
近义：practiced, proved, proven, seasoned, skilled, tested 反义：unascertained, unchecked, undemonstrated, unfounded, unproven, unsettled
wake [wek] 词频2 词根: /wɪ/
vi. 醒，醒来;苏醒，复活;警觉;弄醒，叫醒; vt. 激发，唤醒;使意识到，使警觉;为…守夜; n. 守灵，守夜;（船航过时的）尾波;年度假期;
💡 娃娃(wa)可以(ke) 叫醒
"I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents."
为了尽量不吵醒父母，我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
近义：awake, awaken, rouse, waken, arouse, pique 反义：kip
wife [waɪf] 词频1
n. 妻子，太太;夫人，老婆;已婚妇女;
💡 我爱抚(谐音): 妻子 妻子说“我爱夫”（谐音）
"His wife's death left a vacuum in his life."
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚.
近义：woman, missis 反义：partner, spouse, hubby, consort
doorbell [['dɔ:bel]]
n. 门铃
近义：knocker, bell, buzzer, doorknocker
ringing
a. 响亮的, 明白的, 清脆的, 干脆的\\n[电] 振铃
近义：peal, chine, chime, plangent, resonant, sounding

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，
Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.
明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离到达英国。
He began his diet a week ago.
他是一星期前开始节食的。
In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.
尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。
A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.
他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或在电影院里坐上8个小时，一遍遍地看同一部电影。