nervy

英 [ˈnɜːvi]

美 [ˈnɜːrvi]

adj.  焦虑的; 紧张的; 莽撞的; 冒失的

BNC.22681 / COCA.31100

牛津词典

adj.

• 焦虑的；紧张的
  anxious and nervous
• 莽撞的；冒失的
  brave and confident in a way that might offend other people, or show a lack of respect

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 紧张不安的;焦虑不安的;神经质的
  If someone isnervy, their behaviour shows that they are very tense or anxious, or they are the type of person who is easily upset.
  1. Sometimes dad was nice to us, but sometimes he was bad-tempered and nervy...
     爸爸有时对我们很好，但有时他脾气暴躁，焦虑不安。
  2. Alan was irritable, and very evidently in a nervy state.
     艾伦很急躁，很明显他处于紧张不安的状态。
• ADJ-GRADED 有胆量的;大胆的
  If you say that someone isnervy, you mean that their behaviour is bold or daring.
  1. John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
     约翰喜欢他，因为他胆大，约翰想干掉谁他就会出门去一枪把那人干掉。

英英释义

adj

• offensively bold
  1. a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club
  2. a nervy thing to say
  Synonym:brashcheeky
• showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
  1. the nervy feats of mountaineers
• being in a tense state
  Synonym:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpyoverstrungrestiveuptight

双语例句

• Alan was irritable, and very evidently in a nervy state.
  艾伦很急躁，很明显他处于紧张不安的状态。
• I'm always nervy before an exam.
  在考试之前我总是紧张不安。
• There is no doubt that fears of forced liquidation with Paulson& CO at the top of the list was a cause of uncertainty in December and many investors are still nervy.
  毋庸置疑，对被迫变现的担忧首当其冲要数paulson&co是黄金市场12月份之所以充满不确定性的原因之一，许多投资者如今依然紧张不安。
• John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
  约翰喜欢他，因为他胆大，约翰想干掉谁他就会出门去一枪把那人干掉。
• She never recovered from it, and she was very nervy afterwards.
  她从此未复原过来，事后神经始终很紧张。
• That nervy= rude teenager pushed in front of the younger children.
  那粗鲁的少年挤到比他年纪小的儿童们前面。
• Sometimes dad was nice to us, but sometimes he was bad-tempered and nervy
  爸爸有时对我们很好，但有时他脾气暴躁，焦虑不安。
• The nervy feats of the mountaineers
  登山者有勇气的壮举
• With nervy investors sitting on their hands, client activity was "painfully slow across the board", according to Jefferies, a middle-sized bank.
  根据一家叫杰弗里斯的中型规模银行的说法，由于战战兢兢的投资者们按兵不动，客户的交易活跃度大幅减少，令投行们痛苦不已。
• I don't have the nerve to do it. the nervy feats of mountaineers.
  登山者充满勇气的壮举。