gumption

noun

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

1. N-UNCOUNT 机智；老练；精明
   If someone has gumption, 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT 勇气；胆量；魄力
   If someone has the gumption to do 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。

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。
2. 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。
3. Yet koutoulas, 30, may be one of the only former customers of MF global, the now-defunct futures brokerage house, with the gumption to publicly object to the way they are being treated.
   然而，在如今已解散的期货经纪公司明富环球（MFGlobal）的前客户中，30岁的库图拉斯或许是少数几位敢于公开抗议他们目前所受待遇的“勇士”之一。
4. As you navigate the landscape of potential acquirers to build your dance card, make sure you find the right people – folks with authority, wherewithal and gumption.
   考察潜在收购者并决定和谁保持联系时，一定要找到合适的人&他要有权力、有资金，而且还要有头脑。
5. 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。
6. Bet you wouldn't have the gumption to use it.
   我敢说你没胆用它。
7. She then went back to Nate after he finally showed some gumption at the ball.
   由于奈特在派对上的出色表现，她又回到了他的身边。
8. When the pan of chips caught fire he had the gumption to cover it with a damp cloth. The thought of the horrible scene made my flesh creep.
   当煎洋芋片的锅子著火时，他很有魄力用一块湿布盖住它。
9. You got gumption, but you ain't got no sense.
   你够胆量，但是脑子不清醒。
10. And frank having the gumption to start a store.
    弗兰克也有勇气开店呢。
11. 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。
12. Russell, you've got no more gumption than a bump on a log.
    罗素，你一点进取心也没有，简直和一个二流子没两样。
13. It takes gumption to quit a good paying job.
    要辞去一个待遇很好的工作需要勇气。
14. He didn't have the gumption to keep his mouth shut.
    他这人不老练，嘴不严。
15. If she'd had any gumption she'd have caught her another man long ago, instead of waiting for Alex to get money enough to marry her.
    她要是有点勇气，本来早能够找到别的男人，何必等待亚历克斯攒够了钱再来娶她呢。
16. 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”。
17. 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。
18. "But& well, Hugh has n't got much gumption or else he'd make a success of his kindling."
    “不过&嗯，休没有多大气力，要不然他的柴火生意是会成功的。”
19. 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。
20. "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？”
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. With his gumption he will make a success of himself.
    凭他的才干，他将大有作为。
25. I'd never have had the gumption to do what he had done.
    我本来完全不会具备那股子精明劲去做他做过的那些事的。
26. I think his honesty and his willingness will outweigh his lack of gumption.
    我想，他的忠厚老实和心甘情愿会弥补他的气力不足，而绰绰有余呢。
27. 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；
28. 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。
29. When it is manifested in learning, Japanese students on the whole respect teachers and keep discipline, and work very hard. They have gumption of never lagging behind.
    反映到学习上，日本学生整体上是尊师守纪、刻苦勤奋的，总有一种不甘落后的劲头。
30. From the results of the survey analysis, clinical nurses to become specialist nurse and clinical nurse specialists is much higher than the proportion of real need, show that clinical nursing staff with strong gumption, desire for career development.
    从调查结果分析，临床护士渴望成为专科护士与临床护理专家的比例远远高于现实需要，说明临床护理人员具有较强的进取心，渴望职业的发展。

noun

1. fortitude and determination
   1. he didn't have the guts to try it

   Synonym:    backbonegritgutsmoxiesand

2. 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