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

• It is state of mind in between wakefulness and dream.
  它是一种内在的认知状态，与潜意识和深层意识相关联。
• Insomnia, early-morning wakefulness or excessive sleeping;
  失眠，清晨觉醒，或者嗜睡；
• 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。
• Stimulant: any drug that excites any bodily function; usually one that stimulates the central nervous system, inducing alertness, elevated mood, wakefulness, increased speech and motor activity, and decreased appetite.
  兴奋剂：能兴奋机体功能的药物。通常指刺激中枢神经系统的兴奋剂，用于警醒，改善心情，提神消倦，增加言语和运动能力，以及控制食欲。
• 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。
• Through generations, stress has effectively enhanced human survival because of its specific traits that jog your wakefulness and develop bodily functions.
  代代相传，压力有效的加强了人类的生存能力，因为其特殊的特性能慢慢推动你的觉醒和增强身体机能。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。