nerve

noun

1. impudent aggressiveness

e.g. I couldn't believe her boldness
he had the effrontery to question my honesty

Synonym: boldnessbrassfacecheek

2. the courage to carry on

e.g. he kept fighting on pure spunk
you haven't got the heart for baseball

Synonym: heartmettlespunk

3. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

Synonym: nervus

verb

1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

Synonym: steel

1. 神经
Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.

e.g. ...spinal nerves.
脊神经
e.g. ...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中

2. 承受力;意志力
If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger.

nerve在线翻译

e.g. Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...
吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。
e.g. 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。

3. 神经紧张;情绪不安
You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves .

e.g. I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
我只是打得很糟，不是紧张造成的。

4. 勇气;胆量;气魄
Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.

nerve的近义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

5. 使鼓起勇气;使振作精神
If you nerve yourself to do something difficult or frightening, you prepare yourself for it by trying to be brave.

e.g. I nerved myself to face the pain.
我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。

6. 使…烦恼;使…心烦
If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you.

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e.g. 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。

7. 胆敢;竟敢;厚颜
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.

nerve的近义词

e.g. They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...
他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。
e.g. 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。

8. 保持镇静;坚定不移
If you hold your nerve or keep your nerve, you remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.

e.g. 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。
e.g. We need to keep our nerve now.
我们现在需要保持镇静。

9. 紧张不安地度日;神经紧张
If someone is living on their nerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.

e.g. 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。

10. 失去勇气;变得胆怯;惊慌失措
If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.

e.g. The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
放炸弹的人没了胆子，逃之夭夭。

11. 触及痛处;触及要害
If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

1. nerve在线翻译

1. 神经：外侧胞质间穿赵髓鞘的狭窄通道,(图7-17,图7-20).雪旺细胞膜的最外层与基膜一起形成光镜下可以观察到的神经膜(neurilenna).在周围神经系统,神经(nerve)由若干条神经纤维束聚集构成.每条神经纤维的表面有一薄层的结缔组织膜,

2. 神经器官：N暗示神经器官(nerve)K 暗示肾脏(kidneys)体系性血管炎(Systemic Vasculitis)是一组以血管的炎症与坏死为首要病理转变的炎性疾病临床体现因遭到牵累血管的类型、大小、部位及病理独特之处差别而体现各别其常连累到全身多个体系,

3. 神经,胆量：nephew 外甥 | nerve 神经;胆量 | nervous 紧张