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

• 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。
• 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。
• You're getting awfully nervy.
  你的神经太紧张啦。
• 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。
• 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。
• True, August had been pretty nervy when the first wave of subprime fears shook world markets.
  的确，去年8月份曾是一段相当紧张不安的时间，当时，第一波次级抵押贷款恐慌撼动了全球市场。
• I'm always nervy before an exam.
  在考试之前我总是紧张不安。
• You're always a bit nervy for the first couple of frames but the crowds are fantastic.
  头几局的时候你总会有点紧张的，但是观众们都很棒。