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mettle    音标拼音: [m'ɛtəl]
n. 勇气,气质,气概

勇气,气质,气概

mettle
n 1: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk";
"you haven't got the heart for baseball" [synonym: {heart},
{mettle}, {nerve}, {spunk}]

Mettle \Met"tle\, n. [E. metal, used in a tropical sense in
allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. See
{Metal}.]
Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards
honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; --
usually in a good sense; as, to test a person's mettle.
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A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what
mettle his heart is made of. --South.
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Gentlemen of brave mettle. --Shak.
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The winged courser, like a generous horse,
Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
--Pope.
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{To put one one's mettle}, to cause or incite one to use
one's best efforts.
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "mettle":
activity, animation, animus, aptitude, ardor, backbone, bent, bias,
bottom, brio, briskness, cast, character, chutzpah, constitution,
courage, dauntlessness, diathesis, disposition, eccentricity, elan,
enthusiasm, gameness, glow, grain, grit, gusto, guts, gutsiness,
guttiness, heart, heart of oak, idiosyncrasy, impetuosity, impetus,
inclination, individualism, intestinal fortitude, joie de vivre,
kidney, leaning, life, liveliness, lustiness, make, makeup,
mental set, mettlesomeness, mind, mind-set, mold, moxie, nature,
nerve, perkiness, pertness, pith, pluck, pluckiness, predilection,
predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, resolution,
robustness, set, slant, spirit, spiritedness, spunk, spunkiness,
stamina, stamp, stout heart, strain, streak, stripe, temper,
temperament, tendency, toughness, true grit, turn, turn of mind,
twist, type, vivacity, warmth, warp, zest, zestfulness


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  • METTLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty
  • METTLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Explanation Mettle is the courage to carry on If someone wants to "test your mettle," they want to see if you have the heart to follow through when the going gets tough Having the mettle to do something means you have guts In short, you're a pretty impressive person
  • METTLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    Someone's mettle is 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 For both sides, it's the first real test of their mettle this season
  • Mettle - definition of mettle by The Free Dictionary
    n The ability to meet a challenge or persevere under demanding circumstances; determination or resolve: a race that tested the best runners' mettle
  • mettle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Noun mettle (usually uncountable, plural mettles) A quality of courage and endurance Synonyms: heart, pith, spirit
  • Mettle Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
    Mettle definition: The ability to meet a challenge or persevere under demanding circumstances; determination or resolve
  • Mettle - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    Mettle is the courage to carry on If someone wants to "test your mettle," they want to see if you have the heart to follow through when the going gets tough Having the mettle to do something means you have guts In short, you're a pretty impressive person
  • mettle - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    met•tle (met′l), n courage and fortitude: a man of mettle disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle Idioms on one's mettle, in the position of being incited to do one's best The loss of the first round put him on his mettle to win the match
  • Mettle Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    He proved showed his mettle [=he proved showed how tough he is] as a fighter tonight The competition will test her mettle She'll have to be on her mettle [=at her best] to win this competition
  • What does mettle mean? - Definitions. net
    Mettle is a person's ability to cope with difficult situations or to show resilience in the face of adversity It refers to one's strength of character, determination, and resolve





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