alert /ә'lә:t/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• (n.) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
• (adj.) engaged in or accustomed to close observation

Chinese translation

• a. 警觉的, 灵敏的, 留心的
• n. 警报
• vt. 使警觉, 通知, 使意识到

Word details

Part of speech

verb / adjective

Pronunciation

/ә'lә:t/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.33 · Rare

Word forms

alerted, alerting, alerts

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