n.[U]
- 秉性；氣質try a man's mettle
試探一個人的秉性
- 精神；勇氣；毅力The runner fell, but he showed his mettle by continuing in the race.
短跑運動員摔倒了，但仍堅持不懈，體現出了他的毅力。
片語
be on/upon one's mettle
- 奮發；準備盡最大的努力We'll have to be on our mettle to win the game.
要在這場比賽中獲勝，我們得準備盡最大的努力。
put someone on his mettle
- 考驗某人；激勵某人He was put on his mettle.
他受到考驗。