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

• Insomnia, early-morning wakefulness or excessive sleeping;
  失眠，清晨觉醒，或者嗜睡；
• This is the sort of mixed-up mental state I am familiar with from bouts of wakefulness at three in the morning.
  这是我所熟悉的一种头脑不清的精神状态，在凌晨三点失眠时多次出现。
• Protein in meals stimulates wakefulness while carbohydrates promote sleep.
  食物中的蛋白质使人兴奋，而碳水化合物使人易于入睡。
• 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。
• The feeling one has for his lover during wakefulness may be blotted out or intensified by sleep.
  一个人在清醒时对其爱人的感情也许为睡眠所抹掉或者在酣睡之中变得更加浓烈了。
• The team was looking for a natural clock in the body that controls sleep and wakefulness.
  团队在身体里寻找自然的钟，可以控制睡眠和不眠症。
• They were tested hourly for either wakefulness or motor skills.
  每隔一小时，科学家们都会测试他们是否清醒、操作技能如何。
• Through burned out eyes, tormented mind moribund in that fuzzy area between sleep and wakefulness, he watched the pulsating digits of the clock ticking over.
  透过烧毁的眼睛，折磨奄奄一息的心在这模糊区之间的睡眠和清醒，他观看了脉动数字时钟滴答。
• Wakefulness is often the result of bad sleep habits.
  睡不着往往是来源于不良的睡眠的习惯。