每天三分钟学英语 第311期:英文"失眠"怎么说?"熬夜"要如何表达?

 　　Light sleeper¹

　　睡觉轻的人

　　① I'm a light sleeper.

　　我睡觉很轻。

　　② I'm a light sleeper so the thunderstorm kept me up all night.

　　我睡觉很轻，昨晚的暴风雨让我整夜无眠。

　　kept me up all night

　　（某些事情）让你整晚睡不着觉

　　My girlfriend is a light sleeper. I have to be perfectly² still in bed with her.

　　我女朋友是一个睡觉很轻的人，所以晚上我必须一动不动。

　　Insomnia³

　　失眠

　　suffer from insomnia

　　失眠

　　① Lately, I've been suffering from insomnia. I have too much on my mind.

　　最近我失眠了，想的事太多。

　　have insomnia

　　② I had insomnia last night.

　　我昨晚失眠了。

　　③ My insomnia is driving me crazy.

　　我的失眠都快让我发疯了。

　　I didn't sleep a wink⁴.

　　一点没睡。

　　① I didn't sleep a wink last night. The neighbors were arguing all night.

　　我昨晚一点都没睡，邻居整晚都在吵架。

　　② I didn't sleep a wink all week. I've been pulling all-nighters.

　　我这一周都没睡，一直在熬夜。

　　pull all-nighters

　　熬一晚上的夜

　　Burn the midnight oil

　　熬夜

　　例：Are you burning the midnight oil?

　　你是不是在熬夜呀？

　　Not get enough sleep

　　没睡够

　　① I didn't get enough sleep last night.

　　我昨天晚上没睡够。

　　② I haven't been getting enough sleep since I started my new job.

　　自从开始新工作就没睡够过。

　　③ I haven't been getting enough sleep since I started my weibo.

　　我自从开始做微博之后就没睡够过。

　　④ You look like you didn't get enough sleep last night.

　　你看起来昨晚是不是没睡够啊？

　　Toss and turn

　　翻来覆去

　　① My girlfriend was tossing and turning all night. She kept waking me up.

　　我女朋友昨晚翻来覆去，总是吵醒我。

　　② It was so hot in my room. I was tossing and turning all night and couldn't fall asleep.

　　昨晚太热了，我翻来覆去都没怎么睡着。

　　③ Every night, my boyfriend steals the covers and leaves me freezing.

　　我男朋友每天晚上都把我的被子拉走，把我冻死。

　　④ You need to stop stealing the blanket or I won't sleep in the same bed with you.

　　你再别偷被子了，否则我就不跟你睡了。

1 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 insomnia   

n.失眠，失眠症

参考例句：

• Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
• He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。

4 wink   

n.眨眼，使眼色，瞬间；v.眨眼，使眼色，闪烁

参考例句：

• He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
• The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。