It was a harsh realization to discover after graduation that my talents weren't so unique anymore.

毕业后我才痛心地发现自己的才能不再那么独特。

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I hadn't studied hard at college and so I had a rude awakening after I began to work.

我在大学时念书不用功,开始参加工作后才后悔莫及.

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I had a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy.

我发现自己已到了破产边缘时才猛然意识到事情不妙.

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In one test, I actually failed, my first rude awakening of.

有一次测验, 我竟然不合格, 我那一次顿然醒悟了.

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The latest Supreme Court decision was a rude awakening.

最高法院最近的裁决就正好是当头棒喝,叫人如梦初醒.

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The older generation had a rude awakening.

老一辈人猛然醒悟了.

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This time he a rude awakening.

这次他才如梦初醒.

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Vainglory is one of the sillier postures : it invariably precedes the rude awakening.

虚荣自傲是一种愚蠢的作态: 它的下场一定是遭到当头棒喝而醒悟.

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Emma suffered a rude awakening when Mr. Elton, finding her alone, asked her to marry him.

埃尔顿先生私下向爱玛求婚,这使爱玛猛然醒悟.

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