the optic nerve

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。

I need something to calm/steady my nerves .

我需要点东西来稳定一下我的情绪。

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。

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

他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。

These tips may prove to be lifesavers.

这些小建议或许能救您一命.

He never got up enough nerve to meet me.

他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

Every nerve in her body was tense.

她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。

...spinal nerves.

脊神经

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。

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

他就爱神经紧张。

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。

nerve endings

神经末梢

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

在一些神经纤维被割断的病例中

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！

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。

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。

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。

He's got a nerve asking us for money!

他还觍着脸跟我们借钱！

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。

nerve cells

神经元