| 释义 |
mettle /ˈmetl/► SEE ALLbe on, show, prove, etc. your mettleput sb on their mettle
●be on, show, prove, etc. your ˈmettlebe prepared to do the best work you can or perform as well as you can in a particular situation 奋发起来；准备尽最大努力◆When the boss comes round, I want you all to show your mettle.
老板来的时候，我希望你们每个人都表现出自己最好的状态。◆He’ll have to be on his mettle if he wants to win the next race.
他如果想赢得下次比赛，就得全力以赴。 NOTE Mettle is the ability and determination to do something successfully in spite of difficult conditions. * mettle 指克服困难、获得成功的能力和决心。 ●put sb on their ˈmettlemake sb do the best work they can, or perform as well as they can 使某人尽最大努力；充分发掘某人的潜质◆The school inspection is going to put the teachers on their mettle.
对学校的视察将使教师发挥出他们的全部潜力。 |