gumption

FREQ #39267

n. 通情达理, 精明能干, 进取精神, 勇气, 主动性, 常识 [法] 通情达理, 主动性, 勇气

发音

US /ˈɡʌmpʃən/
AU /ˈɡʌmpʃən/

词形变化

gumptions 复数 gumptions

别名

gump

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.

    爱尔兰 英国 不可数
  2. 2.

    Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.

    进取心

    美国 不可数
  3. 3.

    Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

    美国 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

sense sand guts backbone grit moxie common sense good sense horse sense mother wit

上位词 6

judgment judgement fortitude discernment sagaciousness sagacity

下位词 2

logic nous

相关短语

gumption trap gumption traps

词源

Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”).

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