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

• Of course, too much caffeine can cause restlessness, anxiety, irritability, tremors, sleeplessness, headaches, gastrointestinal symptoms and abnormal heart rhythms.
  当然，过多的咖啡因会导致烦躁、焦虑、兴奋、震颤、失眠、头痛、胃肠道症状以及不规律心律等等。
• 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。
• Digestion problems, sleeplessness, frequent yawns, restlessness and many more are some of the results of tension and anxiety.
  消化问题、失眠、经常打了个哈欠，烦躁不安，更多的是一些结果的紧张和焦虑。
• Half of the drug-takers reported such effects, including headaches, jitteriness, anxiety and sleeplessness.
  有一半的服用者表示出现了副作用，例如：头疼、神经过敏、焦虑和失眠。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.
  现代药学已解决了失眠问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。