nerve的中文翻譯是什麼意思

nerve

US/nɜːrv/

UK/nɜːv/

n. 神經; 勇氣，膽量; [植] 葉脈; 中樞

vt. 鼓勵，激勵; 鼓起勇氣

nerve的柯林斯釋義

N-COUNT神經

Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.

...spinal nerves.
脊神經
...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
在一些神經纖維被割斷的病例中

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.

Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...
吉爾的神經繃緊到了極點。
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極限，我就撐不住了。

N-PLURAL神經緊張;情緒不安

You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves .

I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
我只是打得很糟，不是緊張造成的。

N-UNCOUNT勇氣;膽量;氣魄

Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.

The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve...
雖說白蘭地嗆了他一下，卻讓他恢復了勇氣。
He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
他從沒有足夠的膽量來見我。

VERB使鼓起勇氣;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.

I nerved myself to face the pain.
我鼓足勇氣去面對痛苦。

PHRASE使…煩惱;使…心煩

If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you.

Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves.
近來他沒有幹任何壞事，這讓我心神不定起來。

PHRASE膽敢;竟敢;厚顏

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.

They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...
他們竟敢對我們的行為表示不滿。
He had the nerve to ask me to prove who I was.
他竟敢要求我證明我自己的身份。

PHRASE保持鎮靜;堅定不移

If you hold your nerve or keep your nerve, you remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.

He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One...
他鎮定自若，在1號場地驚心動魄的5盤3勝對決中擊敗了安德魯·阿加西。
We need to keep our nerve now.
我們現在需要保持鎮靜。

PHRASE緊張不安地度日;神經緊張

If someone is living on their nerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.

Eileen, mother of three, had been living on her nerves for some considerable time.
艾琳是3個孩子的母親，已有相當一段時間總是感到緊張不安。

PHRASE失去勇氣;變得膽怯;驚慌失措

If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.

The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
放炸彈的人沒了膽子，逃之夭夭。

PHRASE觸及痛處;觸及要害

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.

Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve...
阿利斯泰爾看到亨利向後縮了一下，好像那些話觸到了他的痛處。
The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
提到約翰就真的讓人心痛。