单词:gumption
[法] 通情达理, 主动性, 勇气
n fortitude and determination
gumption的用法和样例:
例句
- He didn't have the gumption to keep his mouth shut.他这人不老练,嘴不严。
- It takes gumption to quit a good paying job.要辞去一个待遇很好的工作需要勇气。
- He's a nice enough lad,but he doesn't seem to have much gumption.他是个不错的小伙子,但好象没有什么进取心。
经典引文
If he'd any gumption he'd give himself up.
出自:J. Wainwright
- horse sense常识
- common sense常识
- sense感官
- guts内脏
- moxie<俚>精力
- shrewdness精明(刁钻
- practicality实际
- presence of mind镇定
- initiative首创精神
- resourcefulness足智多谋
- nous心灵
- courage勇气
- nerve神经
- bravery勇敢
- mettle勇气
- pluck摘
- mother wit天资
- backbone脊骨
- good sense判断力强
- grit砂砾
- sand沙
单词:gumption 相关文章
[00:00.00]Lesson Eleven [00:02.98] Text [00:06.03]Selling the Post (I) [00:10.61]Russell Baker I began working in journalism when I was eight years old. [00:18.65]It was my mother's idea. She wanted me tomake something of myself and, [00:27.51]after
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying: I want to tell you a story. It all goes back to a story about a young man who
have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Sedro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, I want to tell you why I
THE WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, were back on the campaign trail Wednesday, after Tuesday night's contentious debate. Both candidates tried to build on the points they made