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

• 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。
• So much restlessness and change in the outside world.
  外面的世界已经改变太多了。
• 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。
• Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares.
  美使我们不安的心平静下来，也驱散了我们的忧虑。
• Restlessness of entertainment and discontent of living will destroy the natural virtue of the people.
  玩的身心疲惫，与对生活的极不满意，都会破坏人的自然德行；
• Then came the summer, and restlessness seized these young people.
  夏日来临，这些青年人闲不住了。
• I had a wonderful hot bath that washed out tiredness, perspiration, dust and restlessness.
  洗去一天的疲惫、臭汗、尘土和烦燥。
• They'll become restless and then they develop the same restlessness within themselves.
  他们会变得焦躁不安并且在内里也发展处相同的不安。
• 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。
• 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。