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

• You were very nervy all through the ballet.
  你看芭蕾剧的时候一直很冷静。
• Jonny Evans was full of praise for Bolton's never-say-die approach in Saturday's nervy encounter at Old Trafford.
  乔尼。埃文斯赞扬了博尔顿在周末联赛中发扬的永不言败精神。
• Kinda nervy for someone in your position to be running for homecoming queen.
  就你的立场而言竞选返校节皇后有点紧张吧。
• The sequence where Hughes meets her family and they talk down to him is nervy.
  其中一幕讲述晓治与她的家人见面，他们自以为是地跟晓活说话，厚颜无耻。
• 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。
• A brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club; a nervy thing to say.
  一个无礼的新来的人抗议进酒吧的老规矩；冒昧地说。
• Their nervy selling on Tuesday also helped spark a global slump in equities.
  而这些投资者在周二神经紧张的抛售，也曾引发全球股市的下跌。
• 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。
• Nervy and austere, too, is the connoisseur's traditional view of British-made wines.
  勇敢和质朴是业内鉴赏家对于英国制造的葡萄酒的传统评价。
• We made sure we won the game, though, and that's the most important thing even if it was a bit nervy for the manager and the fans.
  我们确保我们赢得了比赛，虽然，这是最重要的事情，即使它有点自然令人紧张的经理和球迷。