nerve

1. N-COUNT Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. 神經

...spinal nerves. …脊椎神經。

2. N-PLURAL If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger. (對壓力、煩惱和危險等的) 精神承受力

Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point. 吉爾的神經緊張得快到極點了。

3. N-PLURAL You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves. 神經緊張

I just played badly. It wasn't nerves. 我就是縯得不好，不是緊張。

4. N-UNCOUNT Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous. 勇氣

The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve. 白蘭地嗆到他了，但恢複了他的勇氣。

5. PHRASE If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. 惹…心煩[非正式]

Lately he hasn't done a thing and it's getting on my nerves. 最近他什麼都沒做，這讓我大爲惱火。

6. PHRASE 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. 放肆[非正式]

He told his critics they had a nerve complaining about him. 他對他的批評者說，他們對他抱怨真是放肆。

7. PHRASE If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do. 驚慌失措

The bomber had lost his nerve and fled. 投炸彈的人驚惶失措地逃走了。