英汉词典

nerve 基本解释

• n. 神经；勇气；[植] 叶脉
• vt. 鼓起勇气

nerve 词态变化

nerve 中文词源

来自拉丁语nervus,跟腱，肌筋，来自PIE*sneu,跟腱，肌筋，来自PIE*sne,缝制，编织，词源同needle,net.后用于指人体的筋脉，引申词义神经，神经质，勇气，气魄等。

nerve 英文词源

nerve

nerve: [16] Latin nervus meant ‘sinew, bowstring’. It and its Greek relative neuron (source of English neural) may belong to a wider family of words that includes Latin nēre ‘spin’ (a relative of English needle) and possibly also English narrow, perhaps with a common meaning element. The application to ‘bundle of fibres carrying sensory or other impulses’ seems to have begun in Greek, but was soon adopted into the Latin word, and was brought with it into English.

Metaphorically, the Romans used nervus for ‘strength, force’, an application perhaps lying behind the English sense ‘courage’, first recorded in the early 19th century. The use of the plural nerves for ‘agitation, apprehension’ (and of the adjective nervous [14] for ‘apprehensive’) is an English development, which probably started in the mid- 18th century.
=> needle, neural

nerve (n.)

late 14c., nerf "sinew, tendon," from Old French nerf and directly from Medieval Latin nervus "nerve," from Latin nervus "sinew, tendon; cord, bowstring," metathesis of pre-Latin *neuros, from PIE *(s)neu- "tendon, sinew" (cognates: Sanskrit snavan- "band, sinew," Armenian neard "sinew," Greek neuron "sinew, tendon," in Galen "nerve"). Sense of "fibers that convey impulses between the brain and the body" is from c. 1600.

Secondary senses developed from meaning "strength, vigor, energy" (c. 1600), from the "sinew" sense. Hence figurative sense of "feeling, courage," first attested c. 1600; that of "courage, boldness" is from 1809; bad sense "impudence, cheek" is from 1887. Latin nervus also had a figurative sense of "vigor, force, power, strength," as did Greek neuron. From the neurological sense come Nerves "condition of nervousness," attested from 1792; to get on someone's nerves, from 1895. War of nerves "psychological warfare" is from 1915.

nerve (v.)

c. 1500, "to ornament with threads;" see nerve (n.). Meaning "to give strength or vigor" is from 1749. Related: Nerved; nerving.

nerve 词组搭配

nerve 英文释义

1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

2. the courage to carry on;

"he kept fighting on pure spunk"

"you haven't got the heart for baseball"

3. impudent aggressiveness;

"I couldn't believe her boldness"

"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

nerve 同义词解析

courage, bravery, backbone, nerve

这些名词都可表示"勇气，胆量"之意。

courage： 普通用词。指面对危险或困难时无所畏惧的精神和敢于奋斗的进取心。

bravery： 指在危险中表现出的无所畏惧精神或在逆境中仍能坚持下去的毅力。

backbone： 指性格倔强，意志坚定，有骨气，有顽强的决心去做某事。

nerve： 侧重指面临危险或在冒险的情况下具有冷静、清醒的头脑和坚定无畏的勇气。

nerve 双语例句

1. Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed.

如果受到损伤，神经细胞再造的能力有限。

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2. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.

提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

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3. 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。

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4. 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。

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5. Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.

马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。

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nerve 实用场景例句

the optic nerve

视神经

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nerve cells

神经元

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nerve endings

神经末梢

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Every nerve in her body was tense.

她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。

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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。

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I need something to calm/steady my nerves .

我需要点东西来稳定一下我的情绪。

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Everyone's nerves were on edge (= everyone felt tense ) .

人人都觉得紧张。

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He lives on his nerves (= is always worried) .

他就爱神经紧张。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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！

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He's got a nerve asking us for money!

他还觍着脸跟我们借钱！

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...spinal nerves.

脊神经

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...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.

在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中

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Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...

吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。

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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。

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I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.

我只是打得很糟，不是紧张造成的。

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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。

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He never got up enough nerve to meet me.

他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

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I nerved myself to face the pain.

我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。

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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。

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They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...

他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。

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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。

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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。

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We need to keep our nerve now.

我们现在需要保持镇静。

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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。

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The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.

放炸弹的人没了胆子，逃之夭夭。

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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。

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The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.

提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

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