sit up and take notice是什么意思

双语例句

(1)This is where I sit up and take notice.

这才是真的让我坐起身，去注意的部分。

(2)NARRATOR: All across Latin America, governments began to sit up and take notice.

旁白：整个拉丁美洲的政府都开始密切关注了。

(3)When academics and practitioners alike pose such questions as "Does IT matter?", those of us in the IT field cannot help but to sit up and take notice.

当理论和实践者同样提出这样的问题：“IT 出问题了吗？” 我们那些 IT 领域的人缺不能帮助回答，而只是端坐并注视。

(4)The annual growth rate of China's economy is estimated at about 8%, a figure which makes many developed countries sit up and take notice.

中国经济年增长率约为8%。这个数字令许多发达国家也刮目相看。

(5)And if you're Yahoo, this is time to sit up and take notice that you're next.

如果你是雅虎，你该坐下来，想想自己的下一步如何发展了。

释义

informal suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused

〈非正式〉警觉；关注；突然激起兴趣。