mettle

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++met·tle /ˈmetl/ noun [uncountable]  1  BRAVEcourage and determination to do something even when it is very difficult 勇气，奋斗精神test/show/prove your mettle a crisis which will test the minister’s mettle 将要考验该部长意志的一场危机2  on your mettle British EnglishPREPARE if you are on your mettle, you are ready to try as hard as possible because your abilities are being tested 准备尽最大努力 We’ll have to be on our mettle from the start. 我们一开始就得全力以赴。keep/put somebody on their mettle This was just his way of keeping me on my mettle. 他就是用这样的方法激励我奋发向上的。

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mettle• Frazer's disciple, Malinowski, was of a very different mettle.• He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.• It is in the treatment of the upper torso that the artist really shows his mettle.• Houston is the only team with proven playoff mettle.• Louis Armstrong and Bunny Berigan may have been trumpet talents of a similar mettle but there the resemblance stopped.• The result is a sort of upscale Hemingway-esque story about affluent, pampered men testing their mettle.• You are pleased with yourself for venturing, testing your mettle.test/show/prove your mettle• Townsend boys got into City almost automatically; they had already proved their mettle.• The result is a sort of upscale Hemingway-esque story about affluent, pampered men testing their mettle.• It is in the treatment of the upper torso that the artist really shows his mettle.• Graham led a lovely rib, slabby and clean, though it didn't test our mettle too severely.• Crises will strew his path to test his mettle.• You are pleased with yourself for venturing, testing your mettle.• He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.Origin mettle (1500-1600) metal

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mettle
met‧tle /ˈmetl/ noun [uncountable]1. courage and determination to do something even when it is very difficult
    test/show/prove your mettle
    a crisis which will test the minister’s mettle
2. on your mettle British English if you are on your mettle, you are ready to try as hard as possible because your abilities are being tested:
    We’ll have to be on our mettle from the start.
    keep/put somebody on their mettle
    This was just his way of keeping me on my mettle.

met·tleBrE /ˈmetl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmetl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the ability and determination to do sth successfully despite difficult conditions 奋斗精神；毅力◆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。🔊🔊●on your ˈmettleprepared to use all your skills, knowledge, etc. because you are being tested 奋发起来；准备尽最大努力