mettle 是什么意思

	n. 气质，脾性，性格；勇气；精神，气概。 a man of mettle 有气概的人。 be (up) on one's mettle 奋发，鼓起勇气。 put [set] sb. to [on, upon] his mettle 激励[鼓励]某人。

the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven''t got the heart for baseball"
同义词：heart, nerve, spunk,

	1.	They mistook the mettle of their sons . 她们误解了儿子的大胆。
	2.	This put everybody on their mettle . 这个办法鼓励了每一个人。
	3.	They've shown their mettle . 他们已经显示他们的能耐了。
	4.	Each and every one of these soldiers has proved his mettle . 这些战士个个都是好样的。
	5.	These were spirited men, men of character and mettle . 这些都是有骨气的人，有特殊性格和气质的人。
	6.	She was called upon to show her mettle in the three journeys which she made that day . 她只得打起精神，尽力完成这一天中的三次奔波。
	7.	It was strange a man of his mettle should take an interest in a little maid . 这么一个气概不凡的人，居然对一个小姑娘发生兴趣，这实在不可思议。
	8.	The german air corps had waited for more than seven months to strike their blow and prove their mettle . 德国空军军团待命出击以一试其锋芒，已经有七个多月了。
	9.	You ' ll be on your mettle during the training course 你在训练期间要尽最大努力。
	10.	You ' ll be on your mettle during the training period 你要在训练期间尽最大努力

mettle是什么意思