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

• This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle.
  这段旅程处处都考验着他的勇气。
• But the current malaise is more than just a test of management mettle.
  但当前的经济困境不仅仅是对CEO们勇气的考验。
• When the seas are in turmoil, heroes are on their mettle.
  沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。
• 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。
• She showed her mettle by winning in spite of her handicap.
  那匹雌马尽管增加了负重而仍能获胜，可见很有耐力。
• The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
  加赛让他们全力以赴。
• Bankers and lawyers can test their corporate mettle in polo, sailing, skiing, golf and shooting.
  银行家和律师们可以在马球、帆船、滑雪、高尔夫及射击比赛中测试自己的团队精神。
• Troops who showed their mettle in combat.
  在战斗中显示了斗志的部队。
• It was strange a man of his mettle should take an interest in a little maid.
  人，居然对一个小姑娘发生兴趣，这实在不可思议。
• They mistook the mettle of their sons.
  她们误解了儿子的大胆。