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

• Of course, too much caffeine can cause restlessness, anxiety, irritability, tremors, sleeplessness, headaches, gastrointestinal symptoms and abnormal heart rhythms.
  当然，过多的***会导致烦躁、焦虑、兴奋、震颤、失眠、头痛、胃肠道症状以及不规律心律等等。
• However, the depressed ones, who might suffer from sleeplessness, chose not to drink coffee because the caffeine might exacerbate it.
  然而，那些抑郁的人晚上可能会失眠，失眠了就不会再喝咖啡，因为***会使失眠更严重。
• 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。
• For me, exhaustion translates to lower back pain, sleeplessness and dehydration.
  对我来说，它是后腰部疼痛、失眠、脱水。
• You need a thorough rest to get rid of your sleeplessness.
  你需要彻底休息一下，消除困乏。
• She knows the reason for his sleeplessness.
  她知道他失眠的原因。
• Sometimes I can't sleep, I could give thousands of reasons, but I'm not sure any of them is the real reason for my sleeplessness.
  有时我无法入睡，为这我可以想出无数的理由，但我仍不确定是否这些理由就是我失眠的真正原因。
• Sleeplessness produces a variety of health consequences that were not measured in the study, critics said.
  批评者们说这项研究未能考虑失眠对人们健康所造成的种种后果。
• 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。
• But normal sadness can also be accompanied by sleeplessness, lack of concentration and changed appetite.
  但正常的悲伤也会伴有失眠、注意力不集中和食欲改变。