gumption

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英 [ˈgʌmpʃn]word uk audio image

美 [ˈɡʌmpʃən] word us audio image

  • n.
    <口>机智
    足智多谋
    进取精神
    常识

单词词源

gumption 机智,老练,胆识

词源不详,可能来自方言词gome, 注意,留意,词源同gormless.

双语例句

1. I could see how a girl with gumption like srey neth , unschooled and na ve , could yearn to get away .
我能够看出一位像sreyneth这样有进取心、没上几天学又天真的女孩子,是多么渴望离开。
2. Either you go for stability , which means getting someone low on gumption who is therefore happy to be in a backwater ; or you go for brighter people like the guy you are losing , in the knowledge that you won 't keep them long .
你可以求稳,即聘用一位进取心不那么强的人,他会满足于呆在死水中;或者,你也可以聘用更优秀的人,就像你即将失去的这位副手,但你知道他们不会呆很久。
3. Suddenly , for those with the guts and the gumption , the canaries were no longer as far away or as difficult to find .
顿时,对于那此有胆识和魄力的人们,加那利群岛现在已不再遥远和难以找到。
4. Just as america and britain now have to grapple with better ways to regulate financial services , so germany also faces hard questions , about the lopsided shape of its economy , the need for further painful change , and whether its political parties have the gumption to embrace reform .
就像美英两国眼下不得不设法找到更好的金融服务监管方法一样,德国也面临着经济形态失衡、需要进行更多痛苦的变革,以及该国各政党是否有致力于改革的进取心等诸多难题。
5. Since she has indicated that she doesn 't believe despite her family 's evidence in a gene-based explanation of her longevity I ask if " just moving on " is part of the secret everyone assumes superagers must have . Can gumption trump decay even at 109 ?
她表明了不相信,尽管来自她家族的证据指向基于基因携带信息带来的长寿。我问顺其自然是不是大家认为高寿者享有的秘诀之一,进取心会不会在109时衰减?

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