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. 我母亲在方向盘上睡着了（开车时），撞到树上。 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。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- lie
- seem
- …
- deeply
- fast
- sound
- …
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 They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened. 随着金融危机的加剧，他们睡着了。 Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel. 让我们希望监管机构不会睡着。 Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen. 一定有人在转机时就睡着了，以免发生这种情况。