restlessness

英 ['restləsnəs]

美

n.  不安定; 烦躁不安; 辗转不安

BNC.19169 / COCA.17178

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 焦躁不安的;不耐烦的;不满的
  If you arerestless, you are bored, impatient, or dissatisfied, and you want to do something else.
  1. By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.
     到了1982年，她感到厌倦了，需要新的动力来激发她的才能。
  2. ...a major new initiative to placate the country's restless intellectuals.
     安抚国家不安分的知识分子的重大新举措
• ADJ-GRADED 坐立不安的;不安宁的
  If someone isrestless, they keep moving around because they find it difficult to keep still.
  1. My father seemed very restless and excited.
     我父亲看起来坐立不安，激动不已。
• ADJ-GRADED 难以入睡的;辗转反侧的
  If you have arestlessnight, you do not sleep properly and when you wake up you feel tired and uncomfortable.
  1. The shocking revelations of the 700-page report had caused him several restless nights...
     这篇长达700页的报告中披露的惊人信息使他几夜未眠。
  2. Hurt had spent a restless few hours on the plane from Paris.
     赫特在从巴黎起飞的飞机上辗转反侧了几个小时。

英英释义

noun

• inability to rest or relax or be still
  Synonym:uneasinessqueasiness
• the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
  1. the restlessness of the wind
• a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
  1. he's got the fidgets
  2. waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness
  Synonym:fidgetfidgetiness
• a lack of patience
  Synonym:impatience

双语例句

• Gossip and worry can come to an end only when the restlessness of the mind is understood.
  流言和忧虑只有在头脑的不安被理解后才能消除。
• I feel this sense of restlessness is most essential in portraying Shanghai and moreover people of my generation.
  我感到对这种不得休息的焦灼，是我对上海的影像刻画里的关键词，也是我这一代人的关键词。
• For some, temperatures that fall too far below or above this range can lead to restlessness.
  对有些人来说，温度太过低于或高于这一范围，可使其烦燥不安。
• Troubled dreams and restlessness shook his soul.
  恶梦和躁动折磨着他的心灵。
• With surgical patients a not infrequent problem in the postoperative period is restlessness, hypertension, and tachycardia.
  手术患者在术后出现躁动，高血压和心动过速的情况并不少见。
• Restlessness, anxiety, confusion, and twitching may also precede convulsions.
  惊厥前也可出现躁动，烦躁，错觉，抽搐等症状。
• Lack of eye contact, distraction, or fidgeting are often signs of restlessness or impatience.
  要是对方缺少眼神交流、或分神、坐立不安，这往往是烦躁不安或不耐烦的标志。
• His restlessness kept him from sleeping.
  他的焦躁不安使他无法入睡。
• Then came the summer, and restlessness seized these young people.
  夏日来临，这些青年人闲不住了。
• You may feel a restlessness in the air that makes you want to get up and go.
  或许你会感觉到有些马不停歇，而这让你想要马上开始干了。