sleeplessness

英

美

n.  失眠，警觉

医学

BNC.35976 / COCA.24526

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不睡觉的;不眠的
  Asleeplessnight is one during which you do not sleep.
  1. I have sleepless nights worrying about her.
     我好几个晚上都睡不着，一直担心她。
• ADJ 睡不着的;失眠的
  Someone who issleeplessis unable to sleep.
  1. A sleepless baby can seem to bring little reward.
     宝宝睡不着觉似乎没有任何好处。

英英释义

noun

• a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
  1. accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come
  Synonym:wakefulness

双语例句

• After a night spent in fever and sleeplessness, I forced myself to take a long tramp the next day through the hilly country which was covered with pine woods.
  经过一个晚上的高度兴奋和失眠，我强迫自己第二天徒步穿越多丘的乡村，那里到处是松林。
• Racing is something you cannot win unless you go through a period of sleeplessness and desperation and develop new technology in a very short period of time, he says via an interpreter.
  他通过翻译表示：如果你不曾经历过一个失眠和绝望的时期，并在极短的时间内开发出新技术，就无法在赛车场上获胜。
• And, as many people can attest, coffee can also aggravate anxiety, irritability, heartburn and sleeplessness, which brings its own set of problems, including a higher risk of obesity.
  此外，正如许多人深有体会的那样，咖啡还会加重人们的焦躁易怒情绪、胃灼热以及失眠状况，而这将带来一系列的问题，其中包括更高的肥胖风险。
• She knows the reason for his sleeplessness.
  她知道他失眠的原因。
• The very act of concentration seemed to make me more wakeful than ever, and I would pass hours in tormenting sleeplessness.
  高度集中的精力让我比任何时候都清醒，我不得不在折磨人的失眠中捱过几个钟头。
• Digestion problems, sleeplessness, frequent yawns, restlessness and many more are some of the results of tension and anxiety.
  消化问题、失眠、经常打了个哈欠，烦躁不安，更多的是一些结果的紧张和焦虑。
• Strong coffee or tea late at night may cause sleeplessness
  深夜喝浓咖啡或浓茶可能会导致失眠。
• Sleeplessness causes loss of productivity.
  彻夜难眠还会引起生产力的损失呢。
• Almost all other animals are clearly observed to partake in sleep, whether they are aquatic, aerial, or terrestrial, wrote Aristotle in his work On Sleep and Sleeplessness.
  亚里士多德在文章《论睡和醒》中写道：人们清楚地观察到，几乎所有的动物都会睡觉，不论是水生、陆生还是在空中飞翔的动物。
• I have a severe dizziness, ringing noise in my ears, and sleeplessness.
  我头晕得厉害，耳鸣，失眠。