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.

  1. 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。
  2. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 焦躁不安的;不耐烦的;不满的
    If you are restless, 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
  2. ADJ-GRADED 坐立不安的;不安宁的
    If someone is restless, 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。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 难以入睡的;辗转反侧的
    If you have a restless night, 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。

双语例句

  1. It had been a tense, restless day with people crowding her all the time.
    这是紧张、忙碌的一天,每时每刻都有人围在她身旁。
  2. She was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.
    她躁动不安,需要为自己的才华找到新的突破口。
  3. 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。
  4. My father seemed very restless and excited.
    我父亲看起来坐立不安,激动不已。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. Marian retains a restless, youthful spirit, in search of new horizons.
    玛丽安怀着一颗年轻、不断进取的心去寻求新的天地。
  8. The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.
    军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
  9. The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities
    我们社会的团结遭到了一小撮滋扰生事、不安分守己的群体的威胁。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. She was restless and even agitated.
    她坐立不安,甚至心乱如麻。
  13. The kid is restless even in sleep.
    小家伙即便睡觉也不安生。
  14. I am getting restless.
    我开始不耐烦了。
  15. We together spent a restless night.
    我们在一起度过了一个不眠之夜。
  16. You're so restless lately.
    你太不安分了。
  17. The camels are restless. A bad omen for you I think.
    这些骆驼很不平静。我想,对你这是个坏兆头。
  18. The sick child passed a ( restless) night.
    生病的孩子渡过了一个不安的夜晚。
  19. She spent a restless night, tossing and turning with worry.
    她度过了焦躁不安的一夜,因忧虑而辗转反侧。
  20. You are very restless this afternoon.
    今天下午你的心绪很不平静。
  21. When they are mixed, they become restless.
    有了太多的精力,他们成为了说话和不安。
  22. Why is a restless man in bed like a lawyer?
    为什么是一个不安的人在床上像一个律师?
  23. Do you feel restless most of the time?
    在多数时间中我都感到焦躁不安的。
  24. His black eyes were restless, sly and cunning.
    他的黑眼睛表现出不安、奸诈和狡猾。
  25. She had spent a restless night worrying about him.
    她因担心他而度过了一个不眠之夜。
  26. You're too restless, too excitable.
    你太容易不安,太容易激动了。
  27. I could imagine you being a restless ghost!
    我想你可能会成为一个“不安的鬼”!
  28. As they become more restless, they begin to roam and become more irritable and vicious.
    当他们变得更加焦躁不安,他们开始漫游,并且变得更加急躁和恶性。
  29. 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。
  30. Love was growing restless and dejected.
    爱越来越焦躁不安和沮丧。

英英释义

adj

  1. worried and uneasy

      Synonym:    ungratifiedunsatisfied

    1. ceaselessly in motion
      1. the restless sea
      2. the restless wind

    2. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
      1. a restless night
      2. she fell into an uneasy sleep

      Synonym:    uneasy