3分鐘學英語 [311]:英文"失眠"怎么說?"熬夜"要如何表達?

Light sleeper

睡覺輕的人

① I'm a light sleeper.
我睡覺很輕。

② I'm a light sleeper so the thunderstorm kept me up all night.
我睡覺很輕，昨晚的暴風雨讓我整夜無眠。

kept me up all night
(某些事情)讓你整晚睡不著覺

My girlfriend is a light sleeper. I have to be perfectly still in bed with her.
我女朋友是一個睡覺很輕的人，所以晚上我必須一動不動。

Insomnia
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.
我的失眠都快讓我發(fā)瘋了。

I didn't sleep a wink.
一點沒睡。

① I didn't sleep a wink last night. The neighbors were arguing all night.
我昨晚一點都沒睡，鄰居整晚都在吵架。

② I didn't sleep a wink all week. I've been pulling all-nighters.
我這一周都沒睡，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
沒睡夠

① I didn't get enough sleep last night.
我昨天晚上沒睡夠。

② I haven't been getting enough sleep since I started my new job.
自從開始新工作就沒睡夠過。

③ I haven't been getting enough sleep since I started my weibo.
我自從開始做微博之后就沒睡夠過。

④ You look like you didn't get enough sleep last night.
你看起來昨晚是不是沒睡夠啊?

 

 

Toss and turn
翻來覆去

① My girlfriend was tossing and turning all night. She kept waking me up.
我女朋友昨晚翻來覆去，總是吵醒我。

② It was so hot in my room. I was tossing and turning all night and couldn't fall asleep.
昨晚太熱了，我翻來覆去都沒怎么睡著。

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，把我凍死。

④ You need to stop stealing the blanket or I won't sleep in the same bed with you.
你再別偷被子了，否則我就不跟你睡了。

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