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• mettle   /ˈmetl/ DJ   /'mɛtḷ/ KK
  • the ability and determination to do sth successfully in spite of difficult conditions 勇气；奋斗精神；毅力 noun uncountable
    • 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。
  • Idiom:
    on your mettle
    • prepared to use all your skills, knowledge, etc. because you are being tested 奋发起来；准备尽最大努力

English dictionary

• mettle
  • Someone's mettle is their ability to do something well in difficult circumstances.
  • If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.

Related phrases

• be on one's mettle
  奋发;准备尽最大的努力
• be on/upon one's mettle
  奋发;准备尽最大的努力
• be upon one's mettle
  奋发;准备尽最大的努力
• on your mettle
  奋发起来；准备尽最大努力
• put sb. on his mettle
  激励某人
• put someone on his mettle
  考验某人;激励某人

Synonyms

• noun: spirit, nature, temper, temperament, character, courage, disposition, spunk, ardour

Web translations

Web definitions

• • heart: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
    
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• • the quality of endurance and courage; having good temperament and character
    
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• • inner strength, spirit and courage, as in: The racehorse had a lot of mettle.
    
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