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

• 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。
• She knows the reason for his sleeplessness.
  她知道他失眠的原因。
• Towards the end of his life he suffered from sleeplessness and ill health.
  他在临终的前几年患失眠症，健康很差。
• Keep in mind that headaches, stomachaches, sleeplessness and rapid heartbeat are all symptoms of anxiety.
  要记住头疼、胃疼、失眠和心跳加速都是焦虑的症状。
• But too much caffeine can result in nervousness and sleeplessness.
  但大量的咖啡因就会导致精神紧张和失眠。
• 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。
• Its only truly working for those who make pharmaceuticals for stress, diabetes, heart disease, sleeplessness and high blood pressure.
  这只对那些生产抗压、糖尿病、心脏病、失眠和高血压类药物的人有用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。