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

• 1 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。

  • [ + to infinitive ] 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。

• 2 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

• 3 the rudeness to do something that you know will upset other people -- 厚颜无耻，厚脸皮

  • [ + to infinitive ] 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！

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

  • [ + to infinitive ] It took her several months before she eventually nerved herself (up) to invite him to her house. 她过了好几个月才终于鼓足勇气邀请他去自己家。