restless

英 [ˈrestləs]

美 [ˈrestləs]

adj.  坐立不安的; 不耐烦的; 没有真正休息的; 没有睡眠的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 坐立不安的；不耐烦的
  unable to stay still or be happy where you are, because you are bored or need a change
  1. The audience was becoming restless.
     观众开始不耐烦了。
  2. After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless.
     这份工作干了五年以后，他开始厌烦了。
• 没有真正休息的；没有睡眠的
  without real rest or sleep
  1. a restless night
     不眠之夜

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

adj

• worried and uneasy
  Synonym:ungratifiedunsatisfied
• ceaselessly in motion
  1. the restless sea
  2. the restless wind
• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
  1. a restless night
  2. she fell into an uneasy sleep
  Synonym:uneasy

双语例句

• I don't know what is on his mind; he always looks restless.
  不知他有什么事，老是心神不定的样子。
• 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。
• Whenever I hear that you are ill I become extremely restless.
  只要我听说你生病了，我会变得非常地不安宁。
• I am getting restless.
  我开始不耐烦了。
• 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。
• I could imagine you being a restless ghost!
  我想你可能会成为一个“不安的鬼”！
• Do you feel restless most of the time?
  在多数时间中我都感到焦躁不安的。
• The kid is restless even in sleep.
  小家伙即便睡觉也不安生。
• He was waiting for the results of the elections, restless as an ant on a hot pan.
  他等着选举的结果，像热锅上的蚂蚁。
• The sick child passed a ( restless) night.
  生病的孩子渡过了一个不安的夜晚。