英 [nɜːvd] 美 [nɜːrvd]
adj. 有精力的；有翅膀的；有勇气的；有叶脉的
v. 给……以力量；使……振作（nerve 的过去分词）
nerve /nɜːv/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. 神经
...spinal nerves.
…脊椎神经。
复数型名词 If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger. (对压力、烦恼和危险等的) 精神承受力
Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point.
吉尔的神经紧张得快到极点了。
复数型名词 You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves. 神经紧张
I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
我就是演得不好，不是紧张。
不可数名词 Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous. 勇气
The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve.
白兰地呛到他了，但恢复了他的勇气。
习语 If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. 惹…心烦
Lately he hasn't done a thing and it's getting on my nerves.
最近他什么都没做，这让我大为恼火。
习语 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
He told his critics they had a nerve complaining about him.
他对他的批评者说，他们对他抱怨真是放肆。
习语 If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do. 惊慌失措
The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
投炸弹的人惊惶失措地逃走了。
翅脉
有叶脉的
(叶)脉
具脉的
神经，神经纤维
... nerve-wracking 极端令人头疼的 nerved 有勇气的 nerveless 无力的 ...
He nerved himself to ask her out.
他鼓足勇气去约她出来。
It was a hard struggle with him to make new advances, now, but he nerved himself to it and entered.
现在，要想跟他有新的进展是很困难的，但他还是鼓起勇气走了进去。
He nerved himself to ask another question.
他大胆地问了另一个问题。
In the most steely-nerved foreign firms such as McDonald's, Mars and Coca-Cola, there are therefore flashes of optimism.