body clock

noun

1. （人体）生物钟
   the natural tendency that your body has to sleep, eat, etc. at particular times of the day

1. N-COUNT （人体）生物钟，生理时钟
   Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day.
   1. Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
      由于人体生物钟不能迅速对时差作出调整，因而产生了飞机时差反应。

1. Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
   由于人体生物钟不能迅速对时差作出调整，因而产生了飞机时差反应。
2. A growing body of research suggests that paying attention to the body clock, and its effects on energy and alertness, can help pinpoint the different times of day when most of us perform our best at specific tasks, from resolving conflicts to thinking creatively.
   越来越多的研究表明，多加重视生物钟及其对人的精力和清醒度的影响有助于我们精确找到大多数人一天中从事具体活动无论是解决矛盾还是创造性思维的最佳时间。
3. And although that may sound pretty unrelated to your own body clock, the team showed that most of these genes are found in mammals, too.
   尽管这听起来和生物钟不甚相关，研究团队表明这些基因也大都可以在哺乳动物身上找到。
4. Bright light is the most powerful way of shifting the body clock, says Professor Foster.
   福斯特教授说，明亮的光线是调整生物钟最有效的方法。
5. He said: Light is not just important to the visual system, it helps regulate the brightness detectors which affect our body clock and many aspects of our health.
   他说：光不仅对视觉系统起到很重要的作用，它对调节体内亮度探测器也有帮助作用，从而会影响我们的身体生物钟，还对我们身体的许多方面的健康有益。
6. Whenever you alter the times you get up and go to bed, you're disrupting your body clock.
   一旦改变起床和睡觉的时间，就会扰乱你的生物钟。
7. An out-of-sync body clock can raise your risk of cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and lead to weight gain, according to new research.
   根据最新科学研究显示，与生物钟不同步的作息时间可能会增加你患癌症、心脏病和2型糖尿病的危险，还可能导致增重。
8. Regular exercise is important too-it helps regulate your body clock.
   有规律地做些运动也很重要，能够帮你规律你的生物钟。
9. If you've noticed these kinds of rhythms in your own body clock, use them to your advantage.
   如果你注意到自己的生物钟里存在这种节奏，学着好好利用。
10. He said: If you do not get any other light during the day, make sure you get out and experience morning light, which help set the body clock.
    福斯特教授说：如果白天室内没有照明的话，你一定要出去体验一下早晨的明媚灿烂的阳光，这对调节身体生物钟会起到帮助作用。
11. Cortisol controls the body clock and causes people to feel wide awake, The Telegraph reports.
    据《每日电讯报》报道，皮质醇控制人体生物钟，让人们感觉很清醒。
12. The problem with office lighting is that it is not made up of 'blue' light, which is the wavelength of light you get from the sun and which controls your body clock.
    办公室照明所存在的问题是，它不是由你从太阳得到的光的波长且能掌控你生物钟的‘蓝光’组成。
13. When the body clock can synchronize the rhythms of its natural processes in response to light and other natural influences, it gives us an edge in daily life, says Kay.
    史蒂夫•凯说：当生物钟在光线以及其他自然因素影响下，与生理节奏同步时，它便会为我们的日常生活增添砝码。
14. He says it helps turn energy into sugar to be utilised by cells in the body and that it also plays a role in controlling the body clock.
    他说，这有助于利用体内细胞把能量转化成糖，并且对控制人体生物钟也起作用。
15. Artificial light is known to disrupt the body clock by delaying the production of the sleep hormone melatonin.
    人造光会通过推迟睡眠荷尔蒙褪黑激素的产生扰乱生物钟。
16. This prevents your natural body clock from waking you up in the middle of the night.
    这可以防止你的天然生物钟在半夜把你唤醒。
17. Earlier this year, leading scientists from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, warned that a lack of sleep can cause severe health problems, such as cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, because it upsets the body clock.
    今年年初，来自牛津、剑桥和哈佛大学的科学家们警告称，睡眠不足会导致严重的健康问题，比如癌症、心脏病、二型糖尿病和肥胖症等，因为睡眠不足会打乱身体生物钟。
18. When choosing a time of day to exercise, paying attention to your body clock can improve results.
    在选择每日锻炼时间的时候，关注生物钟能提升锻炼成果。
19. Our body clock, or natural body rhythm, influences our energy and alertness.
    我们的生物钟，或者说是生理节奏，会影响我们的精力和灵敏度。
20. Your lifestyle is disrupting your body clock.
    你的生活习惯正扰乱你的生理时钟。
21. Research into circadian rhythms has led to the discovery of a new and unanticipated molecular cog in the human body clock.
    对生理节律的研究，发现了人体生物钟上一个不曾预料到的新分子齿轮。
22. My body clock is all wrong.
    我的生物钟紊乱了。
23. Most people can adjust their body clock quickly.
    大多数人都能迅速调整自己的生物钟。
24. Coffee delays the body clock in the morning and advances it at night.
    咖啡在早上可以延迟人体时钟，在晚上可以提早人体时钟。
25. They have found previously unknown cells in the eye known as the retinal ganglion cells, that respond to blue light which shifts the body clock to new time zones.
    他们先前已经在眼睛中发现了没有被人们认知的细胞，叫做视网膜神经节细胞，这种细胞对蓝光起反应，把人体生物钟调向新的时区。
26. Experiments suggest that season of birth dramatically affects the way the speed at which the body clock ticks.
    实验表明，出生的季节会极大地影响人体生物钟运转的速度。
27. Wakes sleeper at preset time. Synchronize your body clock by getting up and going to bed at the same time every day.
    在事先调整好的时间到时把睡觉人叫醒的时钟。调整好你的生物钟，每天按固定时间睡觉和起床。
28. Putting food into an empty stomach helps synchronize the body clock.
    空腹吃食物帮助人体时钟准时。
29. I only arrived in London yesterday and my body clock is still on New York time.
    我昨天刚到伦敦，而我的生物钟仍然是纽约时间。
30. That's when I discovered that our body clock could be controlled externally. '
    然后我发现原来我们的生物钟可以从外部控制。