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词汇 sleepless
释义 sleepless
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈsliːp.ləs/ us /ˈsliːp.ləs/
C1
without any sleep: 失眠的,不能成寐的
I've spent so many sleepless nights worrying about him.好几个夜晚我因为担心他而夜不能寐。
[ after verb ]
not able to sleep: 失眠的,无法入睡的
Alone and sleepless, she stared miserably up at the ceiling.她孤独难眠,痛苦地盯着天花板。
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sleeplessness

sleepless | American Dictionary


sleepless
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈslip·ləs/
without sleeping, or without being able to sleep:
I’ve spent so many sleepless nights worrying about him.

Examples of sleepless


sleepless
He must have had sleepless nights worrying about where to find the £20.
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I have just found the answer to my sleepless nights.
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In any case, he should not have any sleepless nights about it.
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I have had many sleepless nights over this particular matter.
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I am sure that gives him little cause sleepless nights.
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I do not regard this as an opportunity to take revenge for sleepless nights.
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He has lived laborious days and spent sleepless nights in combating an organised conspiracy against law and order in that country.
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Now it brings sleepless nightson top of the fears.
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Selling for housing development causes less sleepless nights and puts money in the bank.
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Imagine the sleepless nights and collapse of many treasurers and chairmen of committees as a result.
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He gave the impression that he would spend a sleepless night before he decided whether he should give an additional lecture.
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I do not mind so much the sleepless nights.
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They had sleepless nights and had to take days and hours off work or school.
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I spent sleepless nights considering the matter, but the woman was adamant in her decision.
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A vast programme like that, when we are appalled by the present one, would certainly give us a sleepless night.
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