mettle

英 [ˈmetl]

美 [ˈmetl]

n. 奋斗精神; 毅力

BNC.21620 / COCA.20465

习惯用语

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

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。

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。

noun

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

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。
This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle.
这段旅程处处都考验着他的勇气。
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。
They mistook the mettle of their sons.
她们误解了儿子的大胆。
The added competition keeps them on their mettle.
加赛让他们全力以赴。
This put everybody on their mettle.
这个办法鼓励了每一个人。
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。
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。
This photo has taken in September2nd this year, I like the serenity of the composed mettle.
这张照片摄于今年的九月二日，我喜欢这种宁静祥和的气质。