英:[ˈgʌmpʃn]
美:[ˈɡʌmpʃən]
英:[ˈgʌmpʃn]
美:[ˈɡʌmpʃən]
n.
<口>机智
足智多谋
进取精神
常识
gump·tion
guhmp shn
词根:gumption
adj.gumptious 机灵的;精明能干的;精力充沛的
Noun
1. sound practical judgment;
"I can't see the sense in doing it now"
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
2. fortitude and determination;
"he didn't have the guts to try it"
1719年,最初源自苏格兰,意为“常识,机智,实用理解的敏锐”,也指“推动力,主动性”,可能与中古英语 gome “注意,留心”有关,源自古诺尔斯语 gaumr “留心,注意”。 “主动性”的意义首次记录于1812年。相关词汇: Gumptious(形容词),最早见于1823年。
origin unknown
The first known use of gumption was in 1719
gun1 of 2noun
an artillery piece with a usually long barrel and firing shot or shells in a somewhat flattened curve
a portable firearm (as a rifle or pistol)
a firing of a gun
a 21-gun salute
a signal marking a beginning or ending
the opening gun of the campaign
something suggesting a gun in shape or use
a grease gun
throttle entry 2 sense 1
gun2 of 2verb
to hunt or shoot with a gun
gunning for rabbits
to open up the throttle of so as to increase speed
gun the engine
gunmannoun
a person armed with a gunespecially: an armed criminal
gunfirenoun
the firing of guns
gunfightnoun
a fight fought with guns
gunfightnoun
a fight fought with guns
gunboatnoun
a small lightly armed ship for use in shallow waters
gun1 of 2noun
an artillery piece with a usually long barrel and firing shot or shells in a somewhat flattened curve
a portable firearm (as a rifle or pistol)
a firing of a gun
a 21-gun salute
a signal marking a beginning or ending
the opening gun of the campaign
something suggesting a gun in shape or use
a grease gun
throttle entry 2 sense 1
gun2 of 2verb
to hunt or shoot with a gun
gunning for rabbits
to open up the throttle of so as to increase speed
gun the engine
gumptionnoun
courageous or ambitious initiative
lacked the gumption to try
1 Certain will have big man gumption, There are responsibility meanwhile have a gentle heart.
一定要有大男人气概 、 有责任心同时有一颗平和的心.
2 In our bootstrap-happy capitalist society, success is viewed as the direct result of one’s own wit, grit and gumption — which means anyone who fails is deemed to be lacking those qualities.
3 A teacher saw her gumption and mentored her.
一位老师看她很有进取心,给她进行辅导。
4 He weeps, he goes red, but he cannot quite summon the gumption to steal it and fly away.
5 But the show is so gung-ho about everything that you almost fall for its gumption.
6 Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.
无疑,有经营头脑的人在一年的任何时节都应该能够卖掉好书。
7 ‘I didn’t know he had that much gumption.’
8 I could see how a girl with gumption like Srey Neth, unschooled and naive, 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。
9 Even though Maia finally shows enough gumption to help me understand why Diane saw a future for her, it may not be enough.
10 Like many recent Hindi movies, “Kill Dil” asks the audience to admire its heroes’ outlaw gumption.
11 In the most densely populated state in the Union, a frenetic comma-shaped wild where the highways and shopping malls alone are out to maim you, you’ll need all the gumption you can get.
12 To have the gumption to grasp the opener head on, and bend it to your will?
13 Miss Manners recognizes that this takes gumption and that is the reason that hosts are expected to save their guests that anxiety by making introductions.
14 But, surely, agreeing to move to Montana, to Uncle Chester’s claim, showed some familial gumption.
15 With more gumption than wherewithal, she spun a single idea into a magnum opus.
16 As one review put it: “Rock the Kasbah gives the impression that the nation’s ideological rebirth would have been impossible without the gumption of a hasbeen music manager learning to shed his cynicism.”
17 But to take a work as scented as Gounod's Faust, a five-act grand operatic plum, and strip it down to white coats takes gumption.
18 As an avid surfer it’s been really hard for me to get up the gumption to watch that horror movie The Shallows.
19 Pixar’s characters often want to increase productivity or solve problems; the films often feel like industrious American projects combining gumption and physics.
20 This second company, led by Paul Taylor and the rehearsal director Ruth Andrien, features half the number of dancers of the Ailey and American Ballet Theater offshoots — six — yet performs with more gumption.
3 事业心
5 勇气
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6 干劲
7 机智
enterprise wit nous subtle keen witty mercurial quick-witted quickness agile savvy nimble resourceful sharp-witted gleg wittily policy resource imagination esprit wittiness pericranium
10 老练
experienced sophisticated mellow professionally tact veteran seasoned tactful practised sophistication know what's what way-wise old past expert smart practical gray ripe salty salted cunning consummate thorough-paced knowingly practice skill knowingness season
12 首创精神
13 精力
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14 溶油剂
15 进取精神
16 胆量
17 决心
determined intestinal fortitude purpose resolution resolve determination gut spunk will determine
18 精明
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