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

• You need a thorough rest to get rid of your sleeplessness.
  你需要彻底休息一下，消除困乏。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.
  现代药学已解决了失眠问题。
• 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。
• Racing is something you cannot win unless you go through a period of sleeplessness and desperation and develop new technology in a very short period of time, he says via an interpreter.
  他通过翻译表示：如果你不曾经历过一个失眠和绝望的时期，并在极短的时间内开发出新技术，就无法在赛车场上获胜。
• 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 causes loss of productivity.
  彻夜难眠还会引起生产力的损失呢。
• 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。
• She knows the reason for his sleeplessness.
  她知道他失眠的原因。
• 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。
• 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。