Word
alerting
/əˈləːtiŋ/
noun
戒备状态
a state of readiness to respond
- 1.
n a state of readiness to respond；n a warning serves to make you more alert to danger；v warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
报警
警报；报警
In use
The security system is alerting all employees about the unauthorized entry.
The constant alerting of the smoke detector woke everyone up.
She is alerting the police about the suspicious package.
alerting [someone] to [something]
用于主动语态的现在进行时或分词短语。
The system is alerting employees to the security risk.
系统正在提醒员工注意安全风险。
the alerting of [something]
作为名词，表示发出警报的动作或过程。
The alerting of passengers about the delay was handled quickly.
对乘客进行延误通知的工作处理得很快。
Common mistakes
I am very alerting to the noise.I am very alert to the noise.
“alerting”是动词的-ing形式或名词，不能用作形容词表示“警觉的”；应使用形容词“alert”。
The system is alerting about a fire.The system is alerting to a fire.
动词“alert”后接“to”表示“向……发出警报”，而非“about”。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.