nerve是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 神经； 勇敢， 胆量，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
-- 'What a nerve the fellow has!How he pulled himself together in the face of what must have been a paralyzing shock when he found that the wrong man had fallen a victim to his plot.
-- He will have a better nerve for the ordeal which he will have to undergo to-morrow, when he is engaged, if I remember your report aright, to dine with these people.'
-- If I had not every confidence in your nerve and courage I would not suggest it, but it is essential that you should do it.'
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Patroclus gave chase, calling impetuously on the Danaans and full of fury against the Trojans, who, being now no longer in a body, filled all the ways with their cries of panic and rout; the air was darkened with the clouds of dust they raised, and the horses strained every nerve in their flight from the tents and ships towards the city.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Standing, as it were, apart with her on the edge of his grave, not all the staring cu-riosity that looked on, could, for the moment, nerve him to remain quite still.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was the time when there comes a brief pause in the toil of the fields before the beginning of the labors of harvest--every year recurring, every year straining every nerve of the peasants.
-- The next rows were easier, but still Levin had to strain every nerve not to drop behind the peasants.
-- Without giving himself a reason for what he was doing, he strained every nerve of his being for those two days, simply to preserve an appearance of composure, and even of indifference.
-- He knew this both from what he had seen, and most of all from the face of Anna, who, he could see, was taxing every nerve to carry through the part she had taken up.
-- He stood facing her with his eyes glittering menacingly under his scowling brows, and he squeezed his strong arms across his chest, as though he were straining every nerve to hold himself in.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But this man of nerve manifested neither impatience nor annoyance; it seemed as if the storm were a part of his programme, and had been foreseen.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Sonia strained every nerve to listen.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I want to make it nerve you, andinspire you, Dora!'
-- As theendurance of my childish days had done its part to make me whatI was, so greater calamities would nerve me on, to be yet betterthan I was; and so, as they had taught me, would I teach others.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Gracious Heaven this mere girl!She must have the nerve of a stoic!"
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Henry,' the mother resumed, 'is self-willed and resolute; and as these people naturally strain every nerve to catch him, I can entertain very little hope, Mr Clennam, that the thing will be broken off.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Want of exercise robs them of cheerfulness, and too much devotion to that idol of American women, the teapot, makes them feel as if they were all nerve and no muscle.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As Oliver accompanied his master in most of his adult expeditions too, in order that he might acquire that equanimity of demeanour and full command of nerve which was essential to a finished undertaker, he had many opportunities of observing the beautiful resignation and fortitude with which some strong-minded people bear their trials and losses.
-- One wretched breathless child, panting with exhaustion; terror in his looks; agony in his eyes; large drops of perspiration streaming down his face; strains every nerve to make head upon his pursuers; and as they follow on his track, and gain upon him every instant, they hail his decreasing strength with joy.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The letters from town, which a few days before would have made every nerve in Elinor's body thrill with transport, now arrived to be read with less emotion than mirth.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He felt that he must make a strong play on this occasion, but now that the hour was come, and he heard Carrie's feet upon the stair, his nerve failed him.
-- Carrie was standing in the wings, weakly waiting her next cue, all the snap and nerve gone out of her.
-- She started out, weak as ever, but suddenly her nerve partially returned.
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