A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to cope with mid-afternoon sleepiness.

2008年英国的一项研究发现，与获得更多的夜间睡眠相比，午间小睡是应对午后困倦的最佳方式。

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A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to cope with the mid-afternoon sleepiness.

2008年英国的一项研究发现，与获得更多的夜间睡眠相比，午间小睡是应对午后困倦的最佳方式。

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Despite the proven benefits of a mid-afternoon nap, most corporate offices don't keep cots in the lobby or give you a long enough lunch hour to sneak home and snooze for a bit.

尽管午睡已经被证实对身体有益，但很多公司都没有在休息室里为员工设置床这样休息的工具，或有足够长的午餐时间让你有时间偷偷溜回家小睡一会。

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so that tends to pick up a little bit mid-afternoon, then for dinner as well.

差不多是在下午3点左右，然后就到了晚餐时间。

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These are usually consumed mid-afternoon, a perfect time to revive flagging spirits.

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Other images show style taking a backseat to function: take entrepreneur and sometimes VC Andrew Chen who uses a daily Post-It note to remind himself of a mid-afternoon flossing and stretching break.

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Professor Jim Horne, of the Loughborough University Sleep Research Centre, said the tendancy to feel sleepy in mid-afternoon was probably a legacy of our distant past.

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