dawn on somebody phrasal verbphr v REALIZEif a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time 开始明白〔某个事实〕,醒悟 The ghastly truth dawned on me. 我开始明白了可怕的真相。
it dawns on somebody (that) It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along. 我开始明白乔一直都是对的。
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