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。
• Sometimes I can't sleep, I could give thousands of reasons, but I'm not sure any of them is the real reason for my sleeplessness.
  有时我无法入睡，为这我可以想出无数的理由，但我仍不确定是否这些理由就是我失眠的真正原因。
• Sleeplessness causes loss of productivity.
  彻夜难眠还会引起生产力的损失呢。
• Recurrent asthma symptoms frequently cause sleeplessness, daytime fatigue, reduced activity levels and school and work absenteeism.
  周期性哮喘症状往往导致失眠、日间疲劳、减少活动量，不能上学和工作。
• 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 was telling on her health.
  失眠正影响着她的健康。
• 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。