mettle
英 [ˈmetl]
美 [ˈmetl]
n. 奋斗精神; 毅力
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- 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。
- The next game will be a real test of their mettle.
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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the Legislature...
- 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.- The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
加赛让他们全力以赴。
- The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
英英释义
noun
- the courage to carry on
- he kept fighting on pure spunk
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
双语例句
- 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。 - This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle.
这段旅程处处都考验着他的勇气。 - When the seas are in turmoil, heroes are on their mettle.
沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。 - 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。 - He was confident enough to welcome a bit of heckling at his meeting, judging that it gave him a chance to show his mettle.
他信心十足以欢迎别人在他的会议上向他提出一些诘问，他断定这给了他一个表现其品质、精神和勇气的机会。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。