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asleep

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asleep

/əˈsliːp/

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●asleep at the ˈwheel

(especially BrE)

(NAmE usually asleep at the ˈswitch)

(informal)

not paying attention to possible problems 未注意潜在问题；玩忽职守

◆The agency has been asleep at the wheel and has failed to enforce regulations.
这个机构玩忽职守，未能执行规定。

NOTE This refers to someone falling asleep while driving a car or while operating a control on a train track. 这个习语原指有人在开车或铁路扳道值勤时睡觉。

●sound aˈsleep

deeply and peacefully asleep 睡得酣甜的；熟睡的

◆He had fallen sound asleep in the chair by the fire.他坐在火炉边的椅子上酣然入睡。

◆The children are sound asleep upstairs.孩子们正在楼上沉睡。

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asleep是什么意思