asleep
adjective /əˈsliːp/
/əˈsliːp/
[not before noun]Idioms - sleeping
睡着 - I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。 - The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs.
婴儿在楼上睡得很香。 - He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
他太累了，竟伏在书桌上睡着了。 - My mother fell asleep at the wheel (= while driving) and crashed into a tree.
我妈妈开车时睡着了，撞到了树上。 - She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work.
她到了上班地点时仍然睡眼惺忪。 - The police found him asleep in a garage.
警察发现他在车库里睡着了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- lie
- seem
- …
- deeply
- fast
- sound
- …
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- I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
Idioms
asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
- not paying enough attention to what you need to do
没有充分注意你需要做什么 - They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.
随着金融危机的加深，他们在工作中睡着了。 - Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
让我们希望监管者不是在开车时睡着了。 - Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen.
发生这种事时，一定有人在睡觉。
- They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.