| 单词 | nerve |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[nɜ:v] 美[nɜrv] |
| 解释 | n.神经;勇气,胆量;[植] 叶脉;中枢;vt.鼓励,激励;鼓起勇气; |
| 例句 | N-COUNT 神经 Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. 例:...spinal nerves.脊神经 例:...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中 N-PLURAL 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. 例:Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。 例: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。 N-PLURAL 神经紧张;情绪不安 You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves . 例:I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.我只是打得很糟,不是紧张造成的。 N-UNCOUNT 勇气;胆量;气魄 Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous. 例: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。 例:He never got up enough nerve to meet me.他从没有足够的胆量来见我。 VERB 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. 例:I nerved myself to face the pain.我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。 PHRASE 使…烦恼;使…心烦 If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. 例: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。 PHRASE 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. 例:They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。 例: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。 PHRASE 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. 例: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。 例:We need to keep our nerve now.我们现在需要保持镇静。 PHRASE 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. 例: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。 PHRASE 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. 例:The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.放炸弹的人没了胆子,逃之夭夭。 PHRASE 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. 例: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。 例:The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.提到约翰就真的让人心痛。 |
| 变形 | third:nerves~done:nerved~pl:nerves~ing:nerving~past:nerved~ |
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