mettle

英 [ˈmetl]

美 [ˈmetl]

n.  奋斗精神; 毅力

GRE

BNC.21620 / COCA.20465

习惯用语

n.

on your mettle
• 奋发起来；准备尽最大努力
  prepared to use all your skills, knowledge, etc. because you are being tested

牛津词典

noun

• 奋斗精神；毅力
  the ability and determination to do sth successfully despite difficult conditions
  1. The next game will be a real test of their mettle.
     下一场比赛就要看他们的拼搏精神了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （应对困境的）勇气，才能，气魄
  Someone'smettleis their ability to do something well in difficult circumstances.
  1. His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the Legislature...
     当他召开新一届立法会议的时候，让他展示才能的第一次重要机会来了。
  2. For both sides, it's the first real test of their mettle this season...
     对于双方而言，这是本赛季对他们的能力的首次真正考验。
  3. It takes a man of mettle to keep a family safe and comfortable in this troubled world.
     在这个动荡不安的世界，只有勇敢的男人才能给家人带来安全和舒适。
• PHRASE 鼓起勇气；全力以赴；振作精神
  If you areonyourmettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
  1. The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
     加赛让他们全力以赴。

英英释义

noun

• the courage to carry on
  1. he kept fighting on pure spunk
  2. you haven't got the heart for baseball
  Synonym:heartnervespunk

双语例句

• These were spirited men, men of character and mettle.
  这些都是有骨气的人，有特殊性格和气质的人。
• It's through hard work, and lots of sweat, that you truly test your mettle.
  努力的工作和大量的汗水才能考验你的意志。
• It is for the leaders to match the mettle of the people.
  日本领导人应当拿出与之相当的勇气。
• To test his public mettle, he then entered debate contests in school.
  为了检验他里临公众的怯气，他减进了黉舍的辩讲角逐。
• Each and every one of these soldiers has proved his mettle.
  这些战士个个都是好样的。
• Greece and other peripherals have shown their mettle with austerity plans.
  希腊以及其他一些边缘地区显示了面对紧缩计划的胆略。
• For both sides, it's the first real test of their mettle this season
  对于双方而言，这是本赛季对他们的能力的首次真正考验。
• This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle.
  这段旅程处处都考验着他的勇气。
• They've shown their mettle.
  他们已经显示他们的能耐了。
• Troops who showed their mettle in combat.
  在战斗中显示了斗志的部队。