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An eye-opener is an experience that teaches you something you did not expect. You thought you understood; then the day showed you otherwise.
An eye-openereye-opener is是 an experience一種經驗 that teaches you something you did not expect教會你一些你沒想到的事。 You你 thought you understood原本以為自己懂了；then the day showed you otherwise結果那一天讓你發現不是這樣。
A first trip to another country can be an eye-opener. So can a quiet talk that tells you how hard someone's life really is. People often say a real eye-opener after something that surprises them and stays with them.
A first trip to another country第一次到另一個國家旅行 can be an eye-opener可能就是一次 eye-opener。 So can a quiet talk一次安靜的談話也可以是 that tells you how hard someone's life really is它讓你知道某人的生活其實有多辛苦。 People人們 often say a real eye-opener常常在某件讓他們驚訝、而且一直記著的事情之後 after something that surprises them and stays with them說「真是個 real eye-opener」。
It is friendly spoken English. Though actually, it is not a tool and not something you wear.
It它 is是 friendly spoken English一種親切的口語說法。 Though actually不過其實，it它 is not a tool不是一種工具 and not something you wear也不是你會穿戴的東西。
Older speakers sometimes used eye-opener for a strong drink in the morning that wakes you up, but that is not this meaning, and you will rarely meet it that way now. Here the opening is in the mind: as if your eyes were closed to a fact, and now they are not.
Older speakers年紀較大的說話者 sometimes used eye-opener有時候會用 eye-opener for a strong drink in the morning指早上喝的一杯烈酒 that wakes you up讓你清醒過來，but that is not this meaning但那不是這裡的意思，and you will rarely meet it that way now現在你很少會遇到那種用法了。 Here在這裡，the opening is in the mind「打開」指的是心裡：as if your eyes were closed to a fact好像你原本對一個事實視而不見，and now they are not而現在不是了。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
eye-openernoun
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Something that causes the eyes to open, or that opens the eyes.
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informalSomething that provides a sudden insight, or makes something clear that was previously mysterious.
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informalA startling or shocking revelation.
- A visit to the slaughterhouse was a real eye-opener to anyone who thought they understood where their food came from.
- That was a very big eye-opener for me, after being very cocooned, living most of my life in the city where I was born and raised.
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informalA strong alcoholic beverage, especially one consumed in the morning.
- As soon as I got on the plane I asked the flight attendant for an eye-opener, but all he had to offer was orange juice.
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informalAn attractive woman.
- Near-synonym: eye candy
- Seems appropriate that Ann Miller should be in Columbia's "Reveille With Beverly." We've never seen anyone capable of "showing a leg" more attractively. At close range, too, she's an eye-opener.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。