用作名词(n.)

A sensitive nerve in a tooth can cause great pain.牙神经易受损伤，可产生巨痛。

You'll need plenty of nerve to sit beside him when he is driving.他开车的时候，你得有足够的胆量才敢坐在他旁边。

I hit a nerve when I mentioned her dead mother.当我提到她死去的母亲时, 我触到了她的伤心处。

Did he have the nerve to say that?他竟有脸说这话吗？

用作动词(v.)

I nerved myself to face my accusers.我下决心迎击指责我的人。

用作名词(n.)

I strained every nerve in that experiment.
我竭尽全力进行那项试验。

Hoping to calm our nerves, we decided to spend the afternoon at the lake.
为了放松一下神经,我们决定下午去湖上玩。

My nerves are on edge.
我神经紧张。

She has an attack of nerves.
她有精神创伤。

He used to be a man of nerve.
他过去一贯勇敢。

He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating.
他竟敢说我在欺骗。

You have a nerve!
你真无耻!

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

affect the nerves影响神经

get on sb's nerves使某人心烦

give the nerves刺激神经

have a cool nerve头脑冷静

have a lot of nerves神经过敏,神经病发作

keep nerve沉着冷静

regain nerve恢复镇静

strain every nerve竭尽全力

suffer from nerves神经质,有神经病

have iron nerves坚强,有胆量

have the nerve有勇气

lose〔require〕 nerve失去〔需要〕勇气,不知所措

形容词+～

all nerves所有神经

raw nerve痛处

steady nerve镇定

weak nerves神经脆弱

～+名词

nerve cell神经细胞

nerve center神经中枢

nerve gas神经毒气

nerve impulse神经兴奋

介词+～

man of nerve有胆量的人

injurious to the nerves对神经有害

～+介词

nerves of iron沉着果敢

用作名词(n.)

A sensitive nerve in a tooth can cause great pain.牙神经易受损伤，可产生巨痛。

You'll need plenty of nerve to sit beside him when he is driving.他开车的时候，你得有足够的胆量才敢坐在他旁边。

I hit a nerve when I mentioned her dead mother.当我提到她死去的母亲时, 我触到了她的伤心处。

Did he have the nerve to say that?他竟有脸说这话吗？

用作动词(v.)

I nerved myself to face my accusers.我下决心迎击指责我的人。

用作名词(n.)

I strained every nerve in that experiment.
我竭尽全力进行那项试验。

Hoping to calm our nerves, we decided to spend the afternoon at the lake.
为了放松一下神经,我们决定下午去湖上玩。

My nerves are on edge.
我神经紧张。

She has an attack of nerves.
她有精神创伤。

He used to be a man of nerve.
他过去一贯勇敢。

He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating.
他竟敢说我在欺骗。

You have a nerve!
你真无耻!

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

affect the nerves影响神经

get on sb's nerves使某人心烦

give the nerves刺激神经

have a cool nerve头脑冷静

have a lot of nerves神经过敏,神经病发作

keep nerve沉着冷静

regain nerve恢复镇静

strain every nerve竭尽全力

suffer from nerves神经质,有神经病

have iron nerves坚强,有胆量

have the nerve有勇气

lose〔require〕 nerve失去〔需要〕勇气,不知所措

形容词+～

all nerves所有神经

raw nerve痛处

steady nerve镇定

weak nerves神经脆弱

～+名词

nerve cell神经细胞

nerve center神经中枢

nerve gas神经毒气

nerve impulse神经兴奋

介词+～

man of nerve有胆量的人

injurious to the nerves对神经有害

～+介词

nerves of iron沉着果敢

【近义词】

• boldness
• endurance
• hardiness

【反义词】

• weakness