gumption

"You've got no more gumption than a bump on a log, " she said. "Get out in the kitchen and help Doris do those dirty dishes. "

“你的积极性不比呆子强，”她说。“出去，到厨房帮多丽丝洗那些脏盘子去。”

My sister Doris, though two years younger than I, had enough gumption for a dozen people.

我妹妹多丽丝虽然比我小两岁，但是她的积极性足够十二个人使用。

Dick was always diffident when it came to staff matters, and not been able to summon up the gumption to bang the table.

遇到手下的人事问题时，迪克总是缺乏信心。他不能拿出气概，一锤定音。

I wish I had a glass of beer; but I can't get up the gumption to go down to the village an' get it.

天呐，我真想喝一杯啤酒，可又鼓不起劲下村子里去。

With a little less gumption and a lot less gearing, "Dubai is plausible" .

少了点智慧，少了点自主，迪拜不过是巧舌如簧。

Do societies dominated by a consumer mentality have the political gumption anymore to save and sacrifice for the longer term?

由消费者心理支配的社会能否有这种政治智慧，为了长远目标而储蓄并作出牺牲呢？

My plan, goal and gumption, with courage and strength in the heart make me keep on learning and go forward.

我的心中充满勇气和力量，我有计划、有目标，有颗进取心，每天都在学习都在进步。

He's a nice enough lad, but he doesn't seem to have much gumption.

他是个不错的小伙子，但好像没有什麽进取心。

Fang demonstrated a little more gumption only once, when Lucius Malfoy visited Hagrid's cabin. Then Fang growled menacingly.

牙牙唯一一次展现点儿气概的时候是卢修斯•马尔福驾临小屋那一回，它凶狠地朝那家伙狂吠。

Barnes, like Bell, ranks among the few players in the NBA with the gumption to get in Kobe's face.

巴恩斯和贝尔一样，位列少数积极向科比学习，和他一样有进取心的联盟球员中。

It takes guts to make a choice -- and gumption to stick with it.

做一个选择需要勇气——坚持下去需要毅力。

The flaw in my character which she had already spotted was lack of "gumption" .

在我的性格中，她已经发现的弱点缺少“进取心”。

Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.

幸运的是你有足够的进取心不放弃梦想。

Yet both allies and opponents alike believe he has neither the gumption nor the authority forcefully to push for these goals.

然而盟友和反对者都认为，福田既没有魄力也没有威信能强有力地推动目标的实现。

He liked her gumption, he told her, because she insisted he weigh her fruit with the stems off.

小贩跟福劳伦斯说，他喜欢她的拗劲，因为她坚持要把果子上带着的茎叶都揪下来才称重。

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。

Many people do not have enough gumption to do great things, as their self-expectation was very low, causing them failure.

很多人没有足够的进取心开创伟业，因为他们一开始自我期望值就很低，致使他们不可能从一点一滴做起，终有成就。

sector unions and others that the government lacks the gumption to face down their protests against the squeeze.

整体让步会传递这样的信息给公共部门和其他公会：政府缺少精力面对他们对压榨的抗议。

I've never had the gumption to try it, I have to admit.

不得不承认我可没有胆量去尝试。

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。