nerve
美 [nɜrv] 
英 [nɜː(r)v]
- n.神经；勇气；神经质；神经紧张
- v.鼓足勇气；振作精神
- 网络胆量；精力；叶脉
词形变化
复数：nerves 现在分词：nerving 过去式：nerved 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] 神经any of the long threads that carry messages between the brain and parts of the body, enabling you to move, feel pain, etc. |
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| Every nerve in her body was tense. 她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。 |
2. | [pl] 神经质；神经紧张feelings of worry or anxiety |
| Even after years as a singer, he still suffers from nerves before a performance. 尽管已做歌手多年，他在演出前仍然神经紧张。 |
| I need something to calm/steady my nerves . 我需要点东西来稳定一下我的情绪。 |
| Everyone's nerves were on edge(= everyone felt tense ) . 人人都觉得紧张。 |
| He lives on his nerves(= is always worried) . 他就爱神经紧张。 |
3. | [u] 勇气；气魄the courage to do sth difficult or dangerous |
| It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court. 将这个公司告上法庭需要极大的勇气。 |
| I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute. 我想尝试一下跳伞，可在最后关头却失去了勇气。 |
| He kept his nerve to win the final set 6–4. 他鼓足斗志以 6 比 4 赢了最后一盘。 |
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鲁莽；冒失；厚颜a way of behaving that other people think is rude or not appropriate |
| I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said! 真不知道你说了那些话以后怎么还有脸露面！ |
| He's got a nerve asking us for money! 他还觍着脸跟我们借钱！ |
| ‘Then she demanded to see the manager!’ ‘ What a nerve! ’ “她还要求见经理！”“真不要脸！” |
1. | ~ yourself for sth/to do sth 鼓足勇气；振作精神to give yourself the courage or strength to do sth |
| He nerved himself to ask her out. 他鼓足勇气去约她出来。 |
习惯用语
be a bag/bundle of nerves
get on sbs nerves
have nerves of steel
意志坚强；沉着冷静to be able to remain calm in a difficult or dangerous situation
hit/touch a (raw/sensitive) nerve
触及要害；触动痛处to mention a subject that makes sb feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc.
| You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife. 你谈起他的第一任妻子，这就触到了他的痛处。 |
英汉解释
n. | 2. 胆力,勇气;沉着,果断;大胆,胆量;〈口〉厚脸,冒昧 |
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英英解释
例句
Speaking out usually involved what was for me a slightly nerve-wracking trip to the front of the class.
口语表达通常还要在全班同学面前用汉语表达自己，这对我来说是个颇有些让人紧张的部分。
I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about five years ago.
我鼓起了勇气，问他是否是吉莱斯皮先生，他是否在5年前昏迷过。
Today George Miller actually had the nerve to ask me to go the the Christmas dance with him!
今天乔治米勒居然敢来邀我和他一起去参加圣诞节的舞会。
A denervation of the cardiac sympathetic nerve seems to be the primary genesis of the attack in a patient prone to such events.
阿神经心脏交感神经似乎主要成因攻击病人容易发生此类事件。
I've known that for a long time, even though I didn't have the nerve to speak to you sooner or to come to an understanding with you.
很早我就知道这一点了，尽管我没有勇气早点向你表白，或者求得你的理解。
He found that it took a tenth of a second for a signal to travel down the nerve to the muscle.
他发现一个信号从神经传递到肌肉需要十分之一秒。
So you see, two, an enemy of political bottom line, the bottom line of a missile defense system, Russia extend to the most sensitive nerve.
所以你看，两条，一个敌人政治底线，一个反导系统底线，都触及到了俄罗斯最最敏感的神经。
Branches of peripheral nerve are invaded by nests of malignant cells. This is often why pain associated with cancers is unrelenting.
神经末梢被恶性肿瘤细胞浸润，形成癌巢，这也是癌症病人晚期顽固性疼痛的原因。
I think I need to stop staring at his name. I'm getting punchy. But I still don't have the nerve to ask him out.
我不能再盯着看他的名字，我有点控制不住了，但是我还是害怕去约他。
Jack got up the nerve to ask Ruth to dance with him.
杰克鼓足勇气请露丝和他跳舞。
She thought over this week after week, after the advent of Louise , trying to nerve herself to the point where she could speak or act.
露意丝来过之后，她接连把这事想过几个礼拜，总想能够有勇气说几句话，或者简直行动起来。
If I lend my nerve to you so you dare to make a bit of bore to me ~?
如果我把我的胆借你，你敢再无聊一点吗？
Axons are the long slender projections that transmit nerve-cell impulses to the rest of the body, controlling movement.
轴突是一个细长的传导物质，将神经细胞的脉动传送至身体各部分，从而控制身体的动作。
And sixth, these modular genes seem to be involved in the crucial job of linking nerve cells together through junctions called synapses.
其六，这些模块化的基因似乎涉及了一项重要任务——通过被称作神经突触的区域将神经细胞连接起来。
Moved to touch the hearts of every part of this nerve, the scenes flash of light, life-like eyes flashed.
心底的这份感动触及每处神经，人生中的一幕幕电光石火般的闪现眼前。
In this case of temporary vocal fold paralysis, there was no invasive procedure to directly damage the nerve.
在这种情况下的临时声带麻痹，没有侵入性程序，直接损害神经。
I don't know, I'm really shy. It's really hard for me to get up the nerve to ask someone for help.
我不知道，我非常害羞。对我来说很难鼓起勇气向别人求助。
But relying on allies who do not wish to come forward until the last minute is always a nerve-racking proposition.
但是依赖那些直到最后一分钟才会提出讨论的同盟恐怕是件伤脑筋的事。
The young lady got up the nerve to ask Tiger Woods to dance with her.
那位年轻的女士鼓足勇气请求老虎·伍兹与她共舞。
One night I was out with a friend, and I saw a woman I wanted to ask out, but I just couldn't build up the nerve to do it.
一天晚上我跟一个朋友出去，我发现了一个我很想泡的女人，但我实在不能鼓起勇气去跟她搭话。
I finally got up the nerve to tell Charlie publicly what I thought of him.
我终于鼓起勇气当众告诉查利我对他的看法。
The fact that the nerve of the British Government was not equal to the occasion can be excused only by their sincere love of peace.
英国政府的胆力还跟不上当时的局势，这个事实就只能以他们对和平的热爱来为自己开脱了。
Every nerve of his body helped him to stare without seeing and to sit amid the noise without hearing.
他身上的每根神经都帮助他瞪着眼却视而不见，坐在喧嚣中却听而不闻。
If you have not the nerve to see these things, why do you not do as I do, and stay away?
你要是没那个胆量看这种事情，你干嘛不象我一样，躲得远远地呢？
But when Tom did finally work up the nerve to call Sara, her roommate told him she was in Santa Fe for the weekend.
但是，当汤姆最后鼓起勇气，给萨拉打了电话，她的室友告诉他，她正在圣达菲过周末。
A fellow would have to be pretty light-footed on the dance floor to have the nerve to ask her for a spin around the room.
只有那些在舞场上的脚步轻盈的小伙子才有勇气邀请她，跟她绕舞厅回旋一曲。
The numbness may also be the result of something more, like an illness, tumor or nerve condition.
麻木也可能是其他原因造成的，象疾病、肿瘤或者是神经问题。
It is often characterized with lymphocyte tumours in peripheric nerve, gonad, iris, muscle, skin and other viscera of chicken.
特点是病鸡的外周神经、性腺、虹膜、各种脏器、肌肉和皮肤等发生淋巴细胞浸润，肿大，形成肿瘤。
After surgery there was no complication except for a change for the worse of unilateral mental nerve hypoesthesia.
手术后没有任何并发症，除非改变恶化的单方面精神神经感觉迟钝。
Electrical activity in the form of nerve impulses being sent and received to and from cortical neurons is always present, even during sleep.
大脑皮层神经元不停地发送、接收神经冲动信号，即使在睡觉时也不例外。
He and I were always kidding around, but he never could get up the nerve to ask me out.
我们俩总是开开玩笑什么的，不过他没敢约我出去。
Crucially, Greek banks also depend on depositors keeping their nerve. So far they have pulled less than a fifth of their money out of banks.
重要的是希腊银行也依赖于储蓄用户，到目前为止，他们从银行取出不足存款的五分之一。
She said doctors hit a nerve in her leg, causing her discomfort and digestive problems.
她说医生触及她腿上的一根神经，导致她身体不适，出现消化问题。
Eventually, she gathered the nerve to ask him on a date, but B. B. coughed into his fist and said he already had a girlfriend.
最后，她鼓足了勇气要和他约会，可是博博用拳头挡在嘴边咳了咳，说他已经有女朋友了。
a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus.
（神经生理学）弱刺激产生的神经冲动和强刺激产生的神经冲动一样强。
For six months I've been trying to work up the nerve to ask her to marry me, but I'm afraid all she'll do is laugh.
最近六个月来我一直想鼓起勇气开口向她求婚，但却老觉得难以启齿，因为我怕她会一笑了之。
Amyloid beta itself might be injuring nerve cells or the plaques, made of accumulations of amyloid beta, could be the culprits.
淀粉样β蛋白本身可能损伤神经细胞或者有它聚集形成的老年斑才是罪魁祸首。
It is possible that Europe's nerve will fail, but I would not put money on it.
欧洲丧失勇气的可能性的确存在，但我不愿押注于此。
Lyushnya admits that this preternatural environment can be nerve-wracking, especially when he's the only one working the night shift.
卢沙恩亚承认这种异常环境会让人神经崩溃，尤其是他一个人值夜班的时候。
So I told Joey that I had no intention of letting him use my car again. Can you believe the nerve of that guy, after what he did?
我告诉Joey我不打算再让他用我的车了。你能相信那家伙的胆量吗，想知道他做了什么事吗？
Injury occurring to a nerve intraoperatively is usually due to compression or stretching of the nerve.
手术当中出现的神经损伤多为压迫或牵拉所致。
Nerve of the whole body seems to be so strained as to need to break.
全身的神经好像紧张得要断裂一样。
But even by his standards the next few days will be a daunting test of nerve and stamina from which only two outcomes are possible.
但尽管在这种情况下，接下来的几天将会有一个令人畏惧的关于胆量和持久力的考验，并将产生两种结果。
On the face of it, yields of close to 8% should be enough to steady the market, provided investors start to regain their nerve.
乍看起来，假如投资者开始恢复镇静，近8%的收益率应足以稳定房产市场。
