wakefulness

英

美

n.  觉醒；不眠

医学

BNC.26657 / COCA.24049

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 难以入睡的;失眠的;睡眠轻的
  Someone who iswakefulfinds it difficult to get to sleep and wakes up very often when they should be sleeping.
  1. Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.
     通常睡眠轻的婴儿长大后仍然只需要较少的睡眠。

英英释义

noun

• a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
  1. consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar
• the process of paying close and continuous attention
  1. wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
  2. vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
  Synonym:watchfulnessvigilancealertness
• 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:sleeplessness

双语例句

• Through burned out eyes, tormented mind moribund in that fuzzy area between sleep and wakefulness, he watched the pulsating digits of the clock ticking over.
  透过烧毁的眼睛，折磨奄奄一息的心在这模糊区之间的睡眠和清醒，他观看了脉动数字时钟滴答。
• A neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and wakefulness.
  一种神经递质与自主运动、睡眠有关。
• They were tested hourly for either wakefulness or motor skills.
  每隔一小时，科学家们都会测试他们是否清醒、操作技能如何。
• Researchers have theorized that sleep may restore some chemical that is drained during periods of wakefulness.
  一些研究人员提出的理论认为，睡眠可以恢复人在不睡觉时失去的某些化学物质。
• I was jolted into wakefulness by a bright light.
  我被耀眼的亮光猛地弄醒。
• Sleep interrupts wakefulness, and sleep itself is interrupted by dreams and nightmares.
  睡眠中断清醒，而睡眠本身又被美梦和噩梦所搅扰。
• Through generations, stress has effectively enhanced human survival because of its specific traits that jog your wakefulness and develop bodily functions.
  代代相传，压力有效的加强了人类的生存能力，因为其特殊的特性能慢慢推动你的觉醒和增强身体机能。
• The team was looking for a natural clock in the body that controls sleep and wakefulness.
  团队在身体里寻找自然的钟，可以控制睡眠和不眠症。
• The feeling one has for his lover during wakefulness may be blotted out or intensified by sleep.
  一个人在清醒时对其爱人的感情也许为睡眠所抹掉或者在酣睡之中变得更加浓烈了。
• The feeling one has for his lover during wakefulness may be ( blooded out) or intensified by sleep, in either case, the feeling changes.
  一个人清醒时对爱人的感觉会因睡眠减少或增加，但那感觉都改变了。