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单词 nerveless
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Definition of nerveless in English:

nerveless

adjective ˈnəːvlɪsˈnərvləs
  • 1Lacking vigour or feeling.

    神经麻木的;无生气的;无勇气的;无力气的

    the knife dropped from Grant's nerveless fingers

    刀从格兰特无力的手指间滑落。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mrs. Burnett was quick to grab my backpack as it slid out of my suddenly nerveless fingers as I launched myself at Christine.
    • The glass she had been holding shattered on the ground, falling from her nerveless fingers.
    • The explanation of this boneless, nerveless, jelly-fish condition of soul is not difficult to find.
    • The pages fell from her suddenly nerveless fingers and fluttered to the floor.
    • She gulped and ran quick, nerveless fingers through her hair knowing she looked more than a mess.
    • Slowly, the pistol slipped from nerveless fingers, then he raised his arms high.
    • Lex felt such a wave of gratitude at being let off so easily that the file nearly fell from his nerveless fingers.
    • Reaching out, he pulled the luggage from her nerveless fingers and set the bags down.
    • But then she saw he had dropped the gun from nerveless hands and she could not fault him at all.
    • The buzzer went off and the performance sheet feel to the bleachers from nerveless hands
    • It is bad to drop the dumbbell from your sweaty nerveless fingers when you put it away.
    • He watched, not the only member of a horrified audience, as the knife fell from her nerveless fingers.
    • She barely heard his cry as he fell back, the fey blade falling from his nerveless fingers.
    • As she fell, the Hulk screamed and turned, ripping the gun from the cowboy's suddenly nerveless fingers.
    • Thus it was that in a few moments they were sitting on a sofa in the drawing room, David still gripping the envelope in white and nerveless hands, while Philip perched on a chair opposite, watching with some concern.
    • She was halted with a sensation somewhat akin to being slammed into a brick wall, her sword dropping from her nerveless fingers as the impact struck her.
    • ‘That is a picture of my wife, Vana, and our twin sons Rog and Hal taken just two days before they were murdered,’ he said quietly, taking the picture from her nerveless fingers.
    • Obliviously, he wasn't expecting that, and was so surprised that he let go of me, and I was able to pluck the knife from his nerveless fingers.
    • The sword dropped from her nerveless fingers as she slumped forward, trying to stay conscious, using the last of her rapidly-fading strength to lift one hand to the hilt of the dagger at her belt, pulling it free.
    • Elise's basket fell to the ground from nerveless fingers.
    Synonyms
    inert, lifeless, lacking feeling
    weak, powerless, feeble
    1. 1.1 (of literary or artistic style) diffuse or insipid.
      (文学或艺术风格)松散的
      nerveless verse
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He and his art are described as “nerveless and effeminate”.
      • The sound is less spectacular: a nerveless mono mix.
  • 2Not nervous; confident.

    a nerveless lack of restraint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Athletic were nerveless throughout and Rosbeg lost their third final in a row on penalties.
    • Still only 21, he is a nerveless and deadly finisher regardless of the magnitude of the occasion.
    • His prodigious memory, which gave him total recall of hundreds of games, allowed him to play like a computer with nerveless precision and speed, panicking his opponents into error and despair.
    • Galkina was stunned by the nerveless determination of her Chinese opponent.
    • Safin began the match with the kind of nerveless enthusiasm which should have set the alarm bells ringing for Martin.
    • His employers, though, have already shown themselves to be nerveless when it comes to making these kind of decisions.
    • If it was still in doubt after recovering from his painful and career - threatening injury, the Spaniard proved his mettle with a magnificent, nerveless run-in.
    • Once again, the dissidents among us underestimated the royals and their vast reserves of sheer determination, their nerveless calculations and - let's not pretend otherwise - their power.
    • Cork's nerveless display in the dramatic Second Test means he is almost certain to line-up against the Windies on Thursday, leaving the way clear for Brinkley.
    • The Scot's nerveless management paid off with his most significant victory in the league so far.
    • It may have been her first Grand Slam final but she was there to win - and win she did, with nerveless power.
    • Len Mattiace would have won the Masters in 2003 had Mike Weir not forced a play-off with a nerveless 7-foot putt for par on 18.
    • The hottest Thai export since their famed curries, he will be insistent on proving that he is no one-year fluke, that he is as nerveless as he is graceful.
    • Big, strong and seemingly nerveless, he will frighten the life out of everyone when he grows up.
    • With nerveless indifference, she was prepared to see the larger portion of her friends as well as enemies in high places depart the scene as a direct result of her behaviour.
    • Button did everything right: he was nerveless, drove flawlessly and pushed his car to its absolute 200 mph limit, but it was never enough against the combined might of Schumacher and Ferrari.
    • Those privileged enough to have watched that astonishing display of nerveless attacking tennis in the women's singles final of the 118th Wimbledon championships will never, ever, forget it.
    • She has experience on her side too, but Hantuchova, a tall, hard - hitting Slovakian, was nerveless when she beat Hingis to claim her first tour title in Indian Wells in March.
    • The points came from Chris Paterson, who landed five nerveless penalties from five kicks, and from Dan Parks, who put over a drop goal at an absolutely critical stage of the second half.
    • The 21-year-old's nerveless performance in the final, as he ruthlessly crushed Juan Carlos Ferrero, would have been enough to propel him to superstardom in his home country.
    Synonyms
    confident, self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed, cool, cool-headed, calm, collected, {cool, calm, and collected}, composed, controlled, relaxed
  • 3Anatomy Biology
    Lacking nerves or nervures.

    〔剖,生〕无神经的;无叶脉的

Derivatives

  • nervelessly

  • adverb
    • It seemed hardly the face of a man alive, with such a deathlike hue; it was hardly a man with life in him that tottered on his path so nervelessly, yet tottered, and did not fall!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My fingers fall nervelessly from the keyboard.
      • He struck the ball sweetly and seemingly nervelessly.
      • He struck it nervelessly and that was it, Europe ended the day in control.
      • In that one, Utah needed to play nervelessly down the stretch to close out a 65-62 win.
  • nervelessness

  • noun
    • Sitting over cakes and coffee, surrounded by the babble of a hundred excited voices waiting to go to a show, David Lan - a man of almost Zen-like relaxation and nervelessness - was not at all worried about the production that was about to premiere that night.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She adored Louise, but somehow at this crisis she could not help feeling impatient with the other woman's nervelessness and that devastating inertia.
      • The Christian mind has succumbed to the secular drift with a degree of weakness and nervelessness unmatched in Christian history.
      • Liverpool proved their tremendous nervelessness, for after losing the lead given them by Terry McDermott, they stormed back in the second half with a leading goal from veteran Tommy Smith, whose 600th and final game this was.
      • That this has so widely happened in our day is at least part of the reason for current cynicism and nervelessness in the effort to secure peace and justice in human relations.

Definition of nerveless in US English:

nerveless

adjectiveˈnərvləsˈnərvləs
  • 1Inert; lacking vigor or feeling.

    神经麻木的;无生气的;无勇气的;无力气的

    the knife dropped from Grant's nerveless fingers

    刀从格兰特无力的手指间滑落。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He watched, not the only member of a horrified audience, as the knife fell from her nerveless fingers.
    • She barely heard his cry as he fell back, the fey blade falling from his nerveless fingers.
    • ‘That is a picture of my wife, Vana, and our twin sons Rog and Hal taken just two days before they were murdered,’ he said quietly, taking the picture from her nerveless fingers.
    • Slowly, the pistol slipped from nerveless fingers, then he raised his arms high.
    • She gulped and ran quick, nerveless fingers through her hair knowing she looked more than a mess.
    • Obliviously, he wasn't expecting that, and was so surprised that he let go of me, and I was able to pluck the knife from his nerveless fingers.
    • Reaching out, he pulled the luggage from her nerveless fingers and set the bags down.
    • Mrs. Burnett was quick to grab my backpack as it slid out of my suddenly nerveless fingers as I launched myself at Christine.
    • The buzzer went off and the performance sheet feel to the bleachers from nerveless hands
    • As she fell, the Hulk screamed and turned, ripping the gun from the cowboy's suddenly nerveless fingers.
    • The pages fell from her suddenly nerveless fingers and fluttered to the floor.
    • The sword dropped from her nerveless fingers as she slumped forward, trying to stay conscious, using the last of her rapidly-fading strength to lift one hand to the hilt of the dagger at her belt, pulling it free.
    • The glass she had been holding shattered on the ground, falling from her nerveless fingers.
    • But then she saw he had dropped the gun from nerveless hands and she could not fault him at all.
    • Elise's basket fell to the ground from nerveless fingers.
    • The explanation of this boneless, nerveless, jelly-fish condition of soul is not difficult to find.
    • It is bad to drop the dumbbell from your sweaty nerveless fingers when you put it away.
    • Lex felt such a wave of gratitude at being let off so easily that the file nearly fell from his nerveless fingers.
    • Thus it was that in a few moments they were sitting on a sofa in the drawing room, David still gripping the envelope in white and nerveless hands, while Philip perched on a chair opposite, watching with some concern.
    • She was halted with a sensation somewhat akin to being slammed into a brick wall, her sword dropping from her nerveless fingers as the impact struck her.
    Synonyms
    inert, lifeless, lacking feeling
    1. 1.1 (of literary or artistic style) diffuse or insipid.
      (文学或艺术风格)松散的
      nerveless verse
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He and his art are described as “nerveless and effeminate”.
      • The sound is less spectacular: a nerveless mono mix.
  • 2Confident; not nervous.

    自信的;沉着的,镇静的

    with nerveless panache

    露出一副沉着的模样。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hottest Thai export since their famed curries, he will be insistent on proving that he is no one-year fluke, that he is as nerveless as he is graceful.
    • With nerveless indifference, she was prepared to see the larger portion of her friends as well as enemies in high places depart the scene as a direct result of her behaviour.
    • Galkina was stunned by the nerveless determination of her Chinese opponent.
    • The Scot's nerveless management paid off with his most significant victory in the league so far.
    • If it was still in doubt after recovering from his painful and career - threatening injury, the Spaniard proved his mettle with a magnificent, nerveless run-in.
    • Cork's nerveless display in the dramatic Second Test means he is almost certain to line-up against the Windies on Thursday, leaving the way clear for Brinkley.
    • Athletic were nerveless throughout and Rosbeg lost their third final in a row on penalties.
    • Still only 21, he is a nerveless and deadly finisher regardless of the magnitude of the occasion.
    • Big, strong and seemingly nerveless, he will frighten the life out of everyone when he grows up.
    • It may have been her first Grand Slam final but she was there to win - and win she did, with nerveless power.
    • Safin began the match with the kind of nerveless enthusiasm which should have set the alarm bells ringing for Martin.
    • The points came from Chris Paterson, who landed five nerveless penalties from five kicks, and from Dan Parks, who put over a drop goal at an absolutely critical stage of the second half.
    • Len Mattiace would have won the Masters in 2003 had Mike Weir not forced a play-off with a nerveless 7-foot putt for par on 18.
    • Once again, the dissidents among us underestimated the royals and their vast reserves of sheer determination, their nerveless calculations and - let's not pretend otherwise - their power.
    • Those privileged enough to have watched that astonishing display of nerveless attacking tennis in the women's singles final of the 118th Wimbledon championships will never, ever, forget it.
    • She has experience on her side too, but Hantuchova, a tall, hard - hitting Slovakian, was nerveless when she beat Hingis to claim her first tour title in Indian Wells in March.
    • His prodigious memory, which gave him total recall of hundreds of games, allowed him to play like a computer with nerveless precision and speed, panicking his opponents into error and despair.
    • The 21-year-old's nerveless performance in the final, as he ruthlessly crushed Juan Carlos Ferrero, would have been enough to propel him to superstardom in his home country.
    • Button did everything right: he was nerveless, drove flawlessly and pushed his car to its absolute 200 mph limit, but it was never enough against the combined might of Schumacher and Ferrari.
    • His employers, though, have already shown themselves to be nerveless when it comes to making these kind of decisions.
    Synonyms
    confident, self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed, cool, cool-headed, calm, collected, cool, calm, and collected, composed, controlled, relaxed
  • 3Anatomy Biology
    Lacking nerves or nervures.

    〔剖,生〕无神经的;无叶脉的

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