gumption

英 [ˈɡʌmpʃn]

美 [ˈɡʌmpʃn]

n.  机智; 老练; 精明; 勇气; 胆力; 决心

法律

BNC.42052 / COCA.26054

牛津词典

noun

• 机智；老练；精明
  the intelligence needed to know what to do in a particular situation
• 勇气；胆力；决心
  courage and determination

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 机智；老练；精明
  If someone hasgumption, they are able to think what it would be sensible to do in a particular situation, and they do it.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 勇气；胆量；魄力
  If someone hasthe gumption todo something, they are brave enough to do it.
  1. He suspected that deep down, she admired him for having the gumption to disagree with her.
     他认为，在内心深处她十分佩服他有勇气和她唱反调。

英英释义

noun

• fortitude and determination
  1. he didn't have the guts to try it
  Synonym:backbonegritgutsmoxiesand
• sound practical judgment
  1. Common sense is not so common
  2. he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
  3. fortunately she had the good sense to run away
  Synonym:common sensegood sensehorse sensesensemother wit

双语例句

• The fundamental assurance for an effective training includes nurses 'enterprise, gumption and professionalism.
  护士的事业心、进取心和职业精神是培训成功的根本保证。
• 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。
• And frank having the gumption to start a store.
  弗兰克也有勇气开店呢。
• Conclusion The application of the clinical pathway carried on the healthy education to hypertension patient, not only is advantageous to raise the healthy educational skill of nurse staff's, the degree of satisfaction of patient and the gumption of the patient to participate in the treatment;
  结论应用临床路径对高血压病患者进行健康教育，不仅有利于提高护理人员的健康教育技巧，激励患者参与治疗的积极性；
• "Now, why didn't I have the gumption to say that?"
  “怎的，我为什么就没勇气说这话呢？”
• If a chancellor has the gumption and Mr Osborne seems to he can bend the public finances to his will.
  如果一个财政大臣够英明，奥斯本看起来挺英明，那么他应该想把公共财政怎么样就怎么样。
• Fewer still would have the gumption to claim the miracle was a sham and conspicuously loiter outside the gleaming new towers of Chongqing or Guangzhou to try to prove it on tape: no one goes in or out of the empty buildings there.
  更少有人会敢于宣称中国奇迹是假的，并招摇地徘徊在重庆或广州熠熠生辉的新大厦外，试图用录像证明这种说法这些大厦空空如也，无人进出。
• Clearing out the wilderness by the nolachucky River took grit and gumption.
  沿诺兰查基河开拓荒野需要的是勇气和本事。
• She had the gumption to write directly to the company manager and persuade him to give her a job.
  她有魄力直接写信给公司经理并且劝说他给她一个工作。
• The flaw in my character which she had already spotted was lack of "gumption".
  在我的性格中，她已经发现的弱点是缺少“进取心”。