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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sleeplessness is sure to tell on your health.
  失眠肯定会影响你的健康。
• She knows the reason for his sleeplessness.
  她知道他失眠的原因。
• However, too much anxiety can result in sleeplessness, loss of appetite before tests, and poor performance.
  可是，如果过度焦虑则会引起失眠、考试前没有食欲以及表现不好。
• 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。
• 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。