mettle
['metl]
n. 勇气, 气质, 性格
例句与用法:
The next race will put him on his mettle.
下次赛跑他就要全力以赴了。
You'll be on your mettle during the training course.
你在训练期间要尽最大努力。
He is a man of mettle.
他是个有勇气的人。
详细释义:
n.[U]
1. 秉性; 气质
try a man's mettle
试探一个人的秉性
2. 精神; 勇气; 毅力
The runner fell, but he showed his mettle by continuing in the race.
短跑运动员摔倒了, 但仍坚持不懈, 体现出了他的毅力。
短语词组:
be on/upon one's mettle
1. 奋发; 准备尽最大的努力
We'll have to be on our mettle to win the game.
要在这场比赛中获胜, 我们得准备尽最大的努力。
put someone on his mettle
1. 考验某人; 激励某人
He was put on his mettle.
他受到考验。