consciousness

名词 consciousness:

1. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
2. having knowledge of
   同义词：awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

1. In his sleepy state, the sound of a car driving up to the house scarcely impinged on his consciousness.
   他困得那副样子，连汽车朝那房子开去时发出的声音都没能使他清醒。
2. She's regained consciousness, but she's not out of the woods (ie sure to recover) yet.
   她已恢复了知觉，但尚未脱险。
3. Relating to or located at the fringe of consciousness.
   与意识边缘有关的，或在意识边缘的
4. This experience helped to change her social consciousness.
   这次经验有助于帮助她改变社会意识。
5. When will the patient regain his consciousness?
   这个病人什么时候恢复知觉？

con.scious.ness

n.（名词）
The state or condition of being conscious.
意识：有意识的条件或状态
A sense of one`s personal or collective identity, especially the complex of attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or a group:
意识：个人或集体认同的感觉，尤指个人或群体所具有或被作为特征的态度、信仰和敏感性的综合：
例句：
Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
对自由的热爱深深地根植于这个民族的意识之中

Special awareness or sensitivity:
觉悟：特殊的感觉或敏感：
例句：
class consciousness; race consciousness.
阶级意识；民族意识

Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
警觉：对特殊问题或状态的警觉或关心：
例句：
a movement aimed at raising the general public`s consciousness of social injustice.
这运动旨在提升大众对社会不义的关怀

In psychoanalysis, the conscious.
觉察力：在精神分析中所指的觉察力