nerve
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. 神经
...spinal nerves. …脊椎神经。
2. N-PLURAL If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger. (对压力、烦恼和危险等的) 精神承受力
Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point. 吉尔的神经紧张得快到极点了。
3. N-PLURAL You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves. 神经紧张
I just played badly. It wasn't nerves. 我就是演得不好,不是紧张。
4. N-UNCOUNT Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous. 勇气
The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve. 白兰地呛到他了,但恢复了他的勇气。
5. PHRASE If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. 惹…心烦[非正式]
Lately he hasn't done a thing and it's getting on my nerves. 最近他什么都没做,这让我大为恼火。
6. PHRASE If you say that someone has a nerve or has the nerve to do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do. 放肆[非正式]
He told his critics they had a nerve complaining about him. 他对他的批评者说,他们对他抱怨真是放肆。
7. PHRASE If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do. 惊慌失措
The bomber had lost his nerve and fled. 投炸弹的人惊惶失措地逃走了。
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nerve /nɜːv/ (nerves)
剑桥词典
- A neurotransmitter is a chemical that nerve cells use to communicate with each other and with muscles .
- The newspaper article touched a raw nerve - people still resent the closure of the local school .
- Repairing damaged nerves is a very delicate operation .
- The drug paralyses the nerves so that there is no feeling or movement in the legs .
- The nerves are protected by thin sheaths of fatty tissue .
nerve noun (BODY)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a group of long , thin fibres (= structures like threads ) that carry information or instructions between the brain and other parts of the body
神经
the optic nerve 视神经
a spinal nerve 脊神经
nerve damage 神经损伤
nerve fibres 神经纤维
例句
nerve noun (COURAGE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the courage or confidence necessary to do something difficult , unpleasant , or rude
勇气;胆量;魄力
It takes a lot of nerve to be a bomb disposal expert . 当拆弹专家需要极大的勇气。
I wanted to ask her out, but I lost my nerve and couldn't go through with it. 我曾想约她出来,但我失去了勇气,说不出口。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] I didn't have the nerve to tell him what I really thought of his suggestion . 我没有胆量告诉他我对他的建议的真实看法。
nerve noun (WORRY)
nerves [ 名词的复数形式 ]worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen
紧张不安;提心吊胆
I never suffer from nerves when I'm speaking in public . 我当众讲话从不紧张。
She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous ) before the audition . 她试演之前非常紧张。
I always have a cigarette to calm /steady my nerves (= make me less nervous ) before I go on stage . 我在上台前总是抽支烟来稳定自己的情绪。
get on sb's nerves
to annoy someone a lot
使(某人)心烦
We really got on each other's nerves when we were living together. 我们住在一起时确实闹得不可开交。
Please stop making that noise ! It really gets on my nerves. 请不要再发出那种噪声了!它吵得我很心烦。
steady/strong nerves
the ability to be calm in difficult situations
在困难的局面下保持冷静的能力
You need a cool head and steady nerves for this job . 那位工作需要冷静的头脑和坚强的神经。
nerve noun (RUDENESS)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the rudeness to do something that you know will upset other people
厚颜无耻,厚脸皮
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] She's late for work every day , but she still has the nerve to lecture me about punctuality. 她天天迟到,居然还有脸教训我要准时。
That man has some nerve! He's always blaming me for things that are his fault . 那人真是无耻!有些事明明是他的过错,他却总来责备我。
UK also That man has such a nerve! 那人真是无耻!
She drove the car into a tree and then told me it was my fault for not concentrating , of all the nerve! 她开车撞到了树上,却怪我精神不集中,真亏她说得出来!
习语
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