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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Process C: Maintains our wakefulness during the day.
  以及C进程：在白天让我们保持清醒。
• 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。
• It regulates arousal, wakefulness, and appetite.
  它能调节你的觉醒状态和胃口。
• 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。
• I was jolted into wakefulness by a bright light.
  我被耀眼的亮光猛地弄醒。
• He raised his head, and the cold, bitter reality jarred him into wakefulness.
  他抬起头来，这个冷酷、痛苦的现实，使他猛地清醒了。
• The energy increase may then power restorative processes absent during wakefulness, because brain cells consume large amounts of energy just performing daily waking functions.
  那么能量的增加可能为清醒时所缺乏的恢复过程提供了动力。因为大脑细胞仅在执行各种日常觉醒功能时就要消耗大量的能量。