| 单词 | restless |
| 释义 | restless (once / 234 pages) adj When you're restless, you find it hard to sit still or concentrate on anything. An audience often grows restless when they're waiting for the second act of a play to start and there's an unexpected delay. If you think of restless as "unable to rest or relax," you'll know exactly what it means. You might have a restless night if you can't fall asleep and spend hours tossing and turning. A bunch of elementary school kids listening to a boring speech will grow restless in a way that's hard to miss, since they're bound to be squirming in their seats. WORD FAMILYrestless: restlessly, restlessness+/rest: rested, rester, restful, resting, restless, rests, unrest/rested: unrested/rester: resters/restful: restfuler, restfulest, restfully, restfulness/restlessness: restlessnesses/unrest: unrests USAGE EXAMPLESIn a small randomized controlled trial lasting eight weeks, 12 patients with restless leg syndrome seemed to see improvements in symptoms and quality of life. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) About five hours after the surgery, getting restless, she grabbed a nurse. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Mr. Johnson relished his lush job, but he soon grew restless again. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj lacking or not affording physical or mental rest a restless night Syn|Ant uneasy relaxing, reposeful, restful affording physical or mental rest slumberous, slumbrousquiet and tranquil 2adj ceaselessly in motion the restless sea the restless wind Syn moving in motion 3adj worried and uneasy Syn ungratified, unsatisfied discontent, discontented showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
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