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。
• He had never thought that women of her strong mettle had tears, and a flood of tenderness and remorse swept him.
  他从没想到像她那样性格刚强的妇女居然也有眼泪，这时他心中涌起怜爱和悔恨之情。
• The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
  加赛让他们全力以赴。
• 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。
• It is in adversity that a country shows its mettle.
  逆境会让一个国家焕发出勇气。
• The attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon in 2001 would have tested the mettle of the greatest statesman.
  2001年针对纽约世贸中心和五角大楼的袭击，会考验最伟大政治家的勇气。
• The true test of the mettle of any Cantonese chef is to simply steam the fish.
  对任何粤菜厨师勇气的真正考验就是清蒸石斑鱼。
• 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。
• When the seas are in turmoil, heroes are on their mettle.
  沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。
• Troops who showed their mettle in combat.
  在战斗中显示了斗志的部队。