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

• Recent studies on humans have shown that the amount of artificial indoor light to which people are exposed per day can resynchronize the body's cycle of sleep and wakefulness.
  最近有关人类的研究显示每天人们暴漏在的人工室内光线的总量可以重置人体的睡眠和清醒周期。
• 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。
• A light snack at bedtime can promote sleep, but too much food can cause digestive discomfort that leads to wakefulness.
  临睡前吃点儿零食可以帮助睡眠，但进食太多就会引起消化道不适而造成失眠。
• Sleeping longer than you need to will weaken your sleep system, as you reduce your prior wakefulness, exposure to sunlight, activity levels, and your body temperature at a low for too long.
  睡得比你所需应该睡的时间长了会减弱你的睡眠系统，当你降低了你先前的觉醒度，暴露于阳光中，你的活动水平和你的身体体温都处于低水平太久。
• You have to force your sleep addled brain into wakefulness, move your stiff legs and retrieve the key before the alarm goes off.
  你必须强迫你的睡眠混乱的大脑进入觉醒，移动你的僵硬的腿和检索密钥之前报警熄灭。
• The insomniac is habitually afflicted with wakefulness at times when he wishes to sleep.
  失眠症患者，这种病人在他想睡觉时经常特别清醒。
• Therefore, we must repeatedly "nudge" or "prod" our Root Selves into wakefulness with our thoughts and awareness, making it the compass and center of our every activity.
  所以，我们必须以我们的思想和觉知“再三轻推”或“催促”我们本心进入警醒，使它成为我们每个活动的指南针和中心。
• Most conclude that the purpose of sleep is rest and recovery from the wear and tear of wakefulness.
  人们大都认为睡眠是为了从非睡眠状态下的疲倦和劳累中得到休息和恢复。
• In your aloneness you have watched with our days, and in your wakefulness you have listened to the weeping and the laughter of our sleep.
  当您寂寞的时候您看着我们每日生活，当您无眠的时候您倾听我们睡梦中的哭泣和欢笑。
• 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。