名詞 consciousness:

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

1. In his sleepy state, the sound of a car driving up to the house scarcely impinged on his consciousness.
   他困得那副樣子，連汽車朝那房子開去時(shí)發(fā)出的聲音都沒能使他清醒。
2. She's regained consciousness, but she's not out of the woods (ie sure to recover) yet.
   她已恢復(fù)了知覺，但尚未脫險(xiǎn)。
3. Relating to or located at the fringe of consciousness.
   與意識(shí)邊緣有關(guān)的，或在意識(shí)邊緣的
4. This experience helped to change her social consciousness.
   這次經(jīng)驗(yàn)有助于幫助她改變社會(huì)意識(shí)。
5. When will the patient regain his consciousness?
   這個(gè)病人什么時(shí)候恢復(fù)知覺？

con.scious.ness

n.（名詞）
The state or condition of being conscious.
意識(shí)：有意識(shí)的條件或狀態(tài)
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:
意識(shí)：個(gè)人或集體認(rèn)同的感覺，尤指個(gè)人或群體所具有或被作為特征的態(tài)度、信仰和敏感性的綜合：
例句：
Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
對(duì)自由的熱愛深深地根植于這個(gè)民族的意識(shí)之中

Special awareness or sensitivity:
覺悟：特殊的感覺或敏感：
例句：
class consciousness; race consciousness.
階級(jí)意識(shí)；民族意識(shí)

Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
警覺：對(duì)特殊問題或狀態(tài)的警覺或關(guān)心：
例句：
a movement aimed at raising the general public`s consciousness of social injustice.
這運(yùn)動(dòng)旨在提升大眾對(duì)社會(huì)不義的關(guān)懷

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