[ zuòwòbùníng ] be unable to sit down or sleep at ease; be on tenterhooks; can neither sit nor sleep at ease; feel restless
Related Translations:
放心不下坐卧不宁: be in suspense unable to sit down or sleat ease
Example Sentences:
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Having at last taken her course tess was less restless and abstracted . 苔丝到底打定了主意了所以不象以前那样神不守舍、坐卧不宁了。
2.
He was restless all day, trying to think of some way he could remain in the hospital . 他终日坐卧不宁,苦苦思索可还有什么妙法儿好赖在医院里。
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They were even going to fire him once because he came to work with a boozy breath 他们用该死的小小分号和分数弄得他坐卧不宁,他常常把它们搞错。
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It ' s now over eight o ' clock , but mr . jones hasn ' t come back yet . his wife gets ants in her pants 现在已经八点多了,但琼斯先生还没回来。他的太太坐卧不宁。
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They move about listlessly and apparently without much purpose ; they might just as well be lunatics 他们坐卧不宁地动来动去显然毫无目的,说他们是一群疯子也并不过分。
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This new life of the doctor s was an anxious life , no doubt ; still , the sagacious mr . lorry saw that there was a new sustaining pride in it 医生的这种新生活无疑是坐卧不宁的,然而精明的罗瑞先生却看出有一种新的自豪感支撑着他。
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They begin to splutter and move restlessly about if they feel time is slipping away without some return - - be this in terms of pleasure , work value or rest 如果他们感到时间在悄悄流失而一无所得时(这里的"所得"是就快乐、工作价值或休息而言) ,他们便开始说话激动,坐卧不宁。