If they had expected a warm welcome, they were in for a rude awakening(= they would soon realize that it would not be warm) .
要是他们以为会受到热烈欢迎，他们很快就会醒悟并非如此。
sexual awakening
性欲的萌动
the awakening of interest in the environment
对环境产生的兴趣
1.醒,觉醒
2.激励,启发
1.唤醒的;惊醒的
1.“awaken”的现在分词
1.the moment when you first realize or experience something
1.The present participle of awaken
1.Let everything vibrate in me with the universal anxiety of the beginning, just awakening from nothingness!
让我体内的一切震颤，以创始的冲动，于虚无中醒觉！
2.But I as if excessively many have not treasured, this causes me to rude awakening, but my some are the time correction mistakes.
而我似乎并没有过多的去珍惜，这使我后悔莫及，不过我有的是时间改正错误。
3.It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.
它犹如精神和生命觉醒的春天已经还给灵魂，她的青春和她话别感到高兴。
4.Younger women who believe that this island boy actually is in love with her, will have a very rude awakening.
而那些完全相信岛上的男孩们是爱着她们的年轻女士们总是在被骗之后才猛然醒悟。
5.We are God's emissaries and messengers here for your awakening, and bound to see that you safely step upon the path to Ascension.
我们是上帝的使者和信使，为了你们的觉醒而在这里，有义务看着你们安全地踏上扬升之路。
6.Standing at the streetcar stop, hearing the birds and watching the sun come up was like an awakening.
站在电车站，聆听着鸟鸣，观望着旭日像梦醒时分似的冉冉升起。
7.It is why much of which we have referred to is quite familiar to you, as you experience an awakening to who you really are.
这也是为何我们对你提到的许多事情都是感觉这么的熟悉，因为你在体验一个“觉知”回归的过程，那真实的你。
8.Ultimately, there is no doubt that this will lead one easily To find the supreme and perfect state of awakening.
最终，无疑这些将令一个人轻易地找到超我和觉悟的美妙状态。
9.John has a mental awakening when he attains the spiritual level of the Christ Consciousness, within the throne of his own body.
当约翰达到他自己体内最高的精神层次——基督意识时，他的精神觉醒了。
10.She draws inspiration from her deep love for the Earth as she shares her vision of the awakening of peace in every heart.
在和每颗心分享她唤醒和平的视野时，她也从对地球的热爱中取得灵感。