| 单词 | nerve |
| 释义 | nervenervesnervenerve /nɜːv $ nɜːrv/ noun1nerves [plural] the feeling of being worried or a little frightened: A lot of people suffer from nerves before going on stage.nervego 很多人上台前都觉得紧张。calm/steady your nerves (=stop yourself feeling worried or frightened)I drank a glass of brandy to calm my nerves.drinknerve 我喝了一杯白兰地来定神。Exam nerves are part of student life.nervebe考试紧张是学生生活的一部分。be a bundle/bag of nerves (=be very nervous)2[countable] a thing in your body that sends information to and from your brain, for example when you feel pain, or when you want to move: nerve damage神经损伤the nerves in your fingersnervefinger手指的神经3[uncountable] courage and confidence in a dangerous or difficult situationthe nerve to do somethingI didn’t have the nerve to ask for a pay rise. 我没有勇气提出要加工资。It takes nerve to stand up for what you believe like that.take你像那样坚持自己的信仰是需要勇气的。I was going to jump, but I lost my nerve (=became nervous and unable to do what I had intended).begolose我原来是要跳的，但我失去了勇气。4[singular] informal disapproving a way of behaving that does not seem polite or sensitive: ‘She didn’t even say sorry.’ ‘What a nerve!’“她甚至没有道歉。”“真厚颜无耻！”have the nerve to do somethingAnd then he had the nerve to criticize my cooking!havecook他接下来居然还有脸挑剔我的厨艺！Phrasesget on sb’s nerves informal to annoy someone, especially by doing a particular thing a lot: Her voice was starting to get on my nerves.bestartnerve 她的声音开始令我心烦。touch/hit a (raw) nerve to say something that upsets someone: I think I hit a nerve when I mentioned her ex-husband.mention我觉得我提起她的前夫是触到了她的痛处。 |
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