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

• 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。
• 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。
• Sleeplessness is sure to tell on your health.
  失眠肯定会影响你的健康。
• You need a thorough rest to get rid of your sleeplessness.
  你需要彻底休息一下，消除困乏。
• 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。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.
  现代药学已解决了失眠问题。
• 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。
• I have a severe dizziness, ringing noise in my ears, and sleeplessness.
  我头晕得厉害，耳鸣，失眠。
• Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.
  虽然，这种寂寞会引起身体问题，诸如头疼或失眠，但他通常持续不会超过一年。