nerve

1. N-COUNT 神经
   Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.
   1. ...spinal nerves.
      脊神经
   2. ...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
      在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中
2. 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.
   1. Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...
      吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。
   2. 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。
3. N-PLURAL 神经紧张;情绪不安
   You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves .
   1. I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
      我只是打得很糟，不是紧张造成的。
4. N-UNCOUNT 勇气;胆量;气魄
   Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.
   1. 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。
   2. He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
      他从没有足够的胆量来见我。
5. 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.
   1. I nerved myself to face the pain.
      我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。
6. PHRASE 使…烦恼;使…心烦
   If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you.
   1. 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。
7. 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.
   1. They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...
      他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。
   2. 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。
8. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. We need to keep our nerve now.
      我们现在需要保持镇静。
9. 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.
   1. 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。
10. 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.
    1. The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
       放***的人没了胆子，逃之夭夭。
11. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
       提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

noun

1. 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.
   1. the optic nerve
      视神经
   2. nerve cells
      神经元
   3. nerve endings
      神经末梢
   4. Every nerve in her body was tense.
      她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。
2. 神经质；神经紧张
   feelings of worry or anxiety
   1. 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。
   2. I need something to calm/steady my nerves .
      我需要点东西来稳定一下我的情绪。
   3. Everyone's nerves were on edge (= everyone felt tense ) .
      人人都觉得紧张。
   4. He lives on his nerves (= is always worried) .
      他就爱神经紧张。
3. 勇气；气魄
   the courage to do sth difficult or dangerous
   1. 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。
   2. 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，可到最后关头却没有勇气了。
   3. He kept his nerve to win the final set 6–4.
      他鼓足斗志以6：4赢了最后一盘。
4. 鲁莽；冒失；厚颜
   a way of behaving that other people think is rude or not appropriate
   1. 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！
   2. He's got a nerve asking us for money!
      他还觍着脸跟我们借钱！
   3. ‘Then she demanded to see the manager!’ ‘ What a nerve! ’
      “她还要求见经理！”“真不要脸！”

verb

1. 鼓足勇气；振作精神
   to give yourself the courage or strength to do sth
   1. He nerved himself to ask her out.
      他鼓足勇气去约她出来。