nerve
英 [nɜːv]
美 [nɜːrv]
n. 神经; 神经质; 神经紧张; 勇气; 气魄
v. 鼓足勇气; 振作精神
复数:nerves 过去式:nerved 现在分词:nerving 过去分词:nerved 第三人称单数:nerves
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3005 / COCA.3083
习惯用语
n.
- be a bag/bundle of nerves
- 非常紧张
to be very nervous get on sb's nerves - 烦扰;使心神不定
to annoy sb have nerves of steel - 意志坚强;沉着冷静
to be able to remain calm in a difficult or dangerous situation hit/touch a (raw/sensitive) nerve - 触及要害;触动痛处
to mention a subject that makes sb feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc. - You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
你谈起他的第一个妻子,这就触到了他的痛处。 brass neck/nerve - 自以为是;傲慢无理
a combination of confidence and lack of respect - I didn't think she would have the brass neck to do that.
我本以为她不会胆大妄为地去做了那件事。 strain every nerve/sinew (to do sth) - 竭尽全力(做某事)
to try as hard as you can to do sth a war of nerves - 神经战(利用心理压力摧毁对方的斗志)
an attempt to defeat your opponents by putting pressure on them so that they lose courage or confidence
牛津词典
noun
- 神经
any of the long threads that carry messages between the brain and parts of the body, enabling you to move, feel pain, etc.- the optic nerve
视神经 - nerve cells
神经元 - nerve endings
神经末梢 - Every nerve in her body was tense.
她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。
- the optic nerve
- 神经质;神经紧张
feelings of worry or anxiety- Even after years as a singer, he still suffers from nerves before a performance.
尽管已做歌手多年,他在演出前仍然神经紧张。 - I need something to calm/steady my nerves .
我需要点东西来稳定一下我的情绪。 - Everyone's nerves were on edge (= everyone felt tense ) .
人人都觉得紧张。 - He lives on his nerves (= is always worried) .
他就爱神经紧张。
- Even after years as a singer, he still suffers from nerves before a performance.
- 勇气;气魄
the courage to do sth difficult or dangerous- It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court.
将这个公司告上法庭需要极大的勇气。 - I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute.
我想尝试一下跳伞,可到最后关头却没有勇气了。 - He kept his nerve to win the final set 6–4.
他鼓足斗志以6:4赢了最后一盘。
- It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court.
- 鲁莽;冒失;厚颜
a way of behaving that other people think is rude or not appropriate- I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said!
真不知道你说了那些话以后怎么还有脸露面! - He's got a nerve asking us for money!
他还觍着脸跟我们借钱! - ‘Then she demanded to see the manager!’ ‘ What a nerve! ’
“她还要求见经理!”“真不要脸!”
- I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said!
verb
- 鼓足勇气;振作精神
to give yourself the courage or strength to do sth- He nerved himself to ask her out.
他鼓足勇气去约她出来。
- He nerved himself to ask her out.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 神经
Nervesare long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.- ...spinal nerves.
脊神经 - ...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中
- ...spinal nerves.
- N-PLURAL 承受力;意志力
If you refer to someone'snerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger.- Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...
吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。 - I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.
我很有耐心,可如果我的承受力到了极限,我就撑不住了。
- Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...
- N-PLURAL 神经紧张;情绪不安
You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension asnerves.- I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
我只是打得很糟,不是紧张造成的。
- I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
- N-UNCOUNT 勇气;胆量;气魄
Nerveis the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.- The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve...
虽说白兰地呛了他一下,却让他恢复了勇气。 - He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
他从没有足够的胆量来见我。
- The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve...
- VERB 使鼓起勇气;使振作精神
If younerve yourselfto do something difficult or frightening, you prepare yourself for it by trying to be brave.- I nerved myself to face the pain.
我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。
- I nerved myself to face the pain.
- PHRASE 使…烦恼;使…心烦
If someone or somethinggets onyournerves, they annoy or irritate you.- Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves.
近来他没有干任何坏事,这让我心神不定起来。
- Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves.
- PHRASE 胆敢;竟敢;厚颜
If you say that someonehas a nerveorhas the nerveto do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do.- They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...
他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。 - He had the nerve to ask me to prove who I was.
他竟敢要求我证明我自己的身份。
- They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...
- PHRASE 保持镇静;坚定不移
If youholdyournerveorkeepyournerve, you remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.- He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One...
他镇定自若,在1号场地惊心动魄的5盘3胜对决中击败了安德鲁·阿加西。 - We need to keep our nerve now.
我们现在需要保持镇静。
- He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One...
- PHRASE 紧张不安地度日;神经紧张
If someoneis living ontheirnerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.- Eileen, mother of three, had been living on her nerves for some considerable time.
艾琳是3个孩子的母亲,已有相当一段时间总是感到紧张不安。
- Eileen, mother of three, had been living on her nerves for some considerable time.
- PHRASE 失去勇气;变得胆怯;惊慌失措
If youloseyournerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.- The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
放炸弹的人没了胆子,逃之夭夭。
- The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
- PHRASE 触及痛处;触及要害
If you say that you havetouched a nerveortouched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.- Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve...
阿利斯泰尔看到亨利向后缩了一下,好像那些话触到了他的痛处。 - The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
提到约翰就真的让人心痛。
- Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve...
英英释义
noun
- impudent aggressiveness
- I couldn't believe her boldness
- he had the effrontery to question my honesty
- the courage to carry on
- he kept fighting on pure spunk
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
- any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
verb
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
双语例句
- He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
他是一个手腕高超、富有胆识、足智多谋的民主党人,能够让不可能的事成为可能。 - I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.
我很有耐心,可如果我的承受力到了极限,我就撑不住了。 - Eileen, mother of three, had been living on her nerves for some considerable time.
艾琳是3个孩子的母亲,已有相当一段时间总是感到紧张不安。 - He had the nerve to ask me to prove who I was.
他竟敢要求我证明我自己的身份。 - I nerved myself to face the pain.
我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。 - The reason for this is that the optic nerve is a part of the brain.
这其中的原因在于视神经是大脑的一部分。 - The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve
虽说白兰地呛了他一下,却让他恢复了勇气。 - He remained on his knees for a long time afterwards, ashamed by his failure of nerve.
他后来在地上跪了很久,为自己缺乏胆量而感到羞耻。 - These nerve centres generate rhythmic movements; or to be more specific, rhythmic stomach movements
这些神经中心产生有节奏的运动,或者更确切地说,是有节奏的肠胃蠕动。 - Fancy his doing that sort of thing and then having the nerve to talk about it!
做了这种事,亏他还好意思说呢!