[译] 他们意识到他们已犯了一个严重错误这一事实。
[误] They awoke the fact that they had made a serious mistake.

[正] They awoke to the fact that they had made a serious mistake.
[注] awake 常用作及物动词，表示“唤醒”的意思。但当它用作比喻意义，表示“意识、醒悟”的意思时，更多地用作不及物动词，要带宾语时，必须加介词to。