nerve是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a group of long, thin fibres (= structures like threads) that carry information or instructions between the brain and other parts of the body -- 神經

  • the optic nerve 視神經

  • a spinal nerve 脊神經

  • nerve damage 神經損傷

  • nerve fibres 神經纖維

• 1 the courage or confidence necessary to do something difficult, unpleasant, or rude -- 勇氣；膽量；魄力

  • It takes a lot of nerve to be a bomb disposal expert. 當拆彈專家需要極大勇氣。

  • I wanted to ask her out, but I lost my nerve and couldn't go through with it. 我曾想約她出來，但我失去了勇氣，說不出口。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I didn't have the nerve to tell him what I really thought of his suggestion. 我沒膽量告訴他我對他的建議的真實看法。

• 2 worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen -- 緊張不安；提心吊膽

  • I never suffer from nerves when I'm speaking in public. 我當眾講話從不緊張。

  • She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous) before the audition. 她試演之前非常緊張。

  • I always have a cigarette to calm/steady my nerves (= make me less nervous) before I go on stage. 我在上臺前總會抽支煙來穩定自己的情緒。

  • We really got on each other's nerves when we were living together. 我們住在一起時確實鬧得不可開交。

  • Please stop making that noise! It really gets on my nerves. 請不要再發出那種噪聲了！它吵得我很心煩。

  • You need a cool head and steady nerves for this job. 那位元工作需要冷靜的頭腦和堅強的神經。

• 3 the rudeness to do something that you know will upset other people -- 厚顏無恥，厚臉皮

  • [ + to infinitive ] She's late for work every day, but she still has the nerve to lecture me about punctuality. 她天天遲到，居然還有臉教訓我要準時。

  • That man has some nerve! He's always blaming me for things that are his fault. 那人真是無恥！有些事明明是他的過錯，他卻總來責備我。

  • UK also That man has such a nerve! 那人真是無恥！

  • She drove the car into a tree and then told me it was my fault for not concentrating, of all the nerve! 她開車撞到樹，卻怪我精神不集中，真虧她說得出來！

• 4 to make yourself brave enough to do something -- 鼓足勇氣

  • [ + to infinitive ] It took her several months before she eventually nerved herself (up) to invite him to her house. 她過了好幾個月才終於鼓足勇氣邀請他去自己家。