| 词汇 | example_english_mettle |
| 释义 | Examples of mettleThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What has been the key to his mettle and to his power to resist? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it puts the whole transport industry on its mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask my noble friends: where is your mettle? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When cheques were originally introduced, the bank was rather on its mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not encouraging substantial wage demands, but am just saying that that is what puts the managing director on his mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should put the authorities on their mettle and give them a little less time, so that they have to move into action more quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you can get one corner of the dockyard on its mettle, the standard of work is correspondingly raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could and should have been allowed to prove their mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had to prove our mettle in battle unfortunately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are on their mettle to show that they can handle the new delegated powers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The school children have also shown their mettle under fire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of being left, to lose hope, these worthy, decent citizens ought to have the chance to show their undoubted mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had talks with it and it is ready to prove its mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present incumbent of the post is not showing his mettle but is flannelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am on my mettle as regards my response to that observation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they not want to put people on their mettle and build up a volunteer army? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their mettle and character are not in doubt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A man becomes a judge when he has shown his mettle and a degree of maturity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all have to be put on our mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should give the farmworker and his wife tangible evidence that better houses are on the way, and it would put owners on their mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first reason was that the aggrieved party, the victim, was a man of mettle and of means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I support the amendment, which will keep approved organisations on their mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view it would have been wise to build on that increase in productivity and particularly to allow the new regime of business-led profit centres to show its mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask in all seriousness, how many young men must die in this unnecessary war to prove her mettle and to provide justification for the dispatch of the task force? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They told us that they would be tough on crime and tough on its causes, and they have had five years in which to show their mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a war composed mostly of sieges rather than battles, he proved his mettle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, he soon proves his mettle on the battlefield. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mettle has been shown that he does not know his own strength and is fearful of his powers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A solid defense, mettle in the tackle and effective opportunism in the penalty area did the rest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, a successful candidate had first to test his mettle by plucking a golden bough from one of the trees in the sacred grove. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tomorrow let him show his mettle, abide my spear if he dare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The students have proved their mettle in almost every arena. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She proved her mettle as a competitive heroine. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is no scope for him to show his mettle because though the character floats limpidly there is not much depth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I know too well the mettle of your pasture, that you will not dishonor it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A situation better calculated to try the mettle of a command could scarcely be imagined. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Brawn loves rugged and hostile environments and is always up to test his mettle against a new challenge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Caravaggio almost never worked in fresco, regarded as the test of a great painter's mettle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The word is sometimes interpretedparticularly in business parlanceas meaning the amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is charged with presenting the blue spaces and will make the warriors prove their mettle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Leaders should have some touch of finer mettle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During the past fourteen months, they have proven their mettle and have truly earned the right to be called our teammates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such raids are done mainly to prove a ruler's mettle during times of peace. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Zhu soon had the opportunity to test the mettle of his new army. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His son comes to his aid and in a daring underwater rescue, proves his mettle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As quizzers and quizmasters, its members have displayed their mettle at every conceivable level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The singer also expresses doubts about his own mettle and wonders how he would perform in such a situation himself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In each half-hour programme, the panellists brought along one puzzle with which to test the mental mettle of the other two panellists and their host. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He gave it a nine out of ten overall, calling it a difficult adventure that was designed to test a party's mettle and playing skill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A plethora of more than 60 events ranging from varied genres provides a platform to the students where they can prove their mettle and caliber. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All of them had shown their mettle in previous engagements. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He soon showed his mettle and went from the state levels to the national levels when he was only 16. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The work in the rice fields is hard on her, but she is determined to prove her mettle, even to the point of working when she has a severe fever. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Among the younger generation of novelists born after independence, there are many who have proved their mettle and may yet spring surprises in the years to come. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then the fighter holds the stick in the middle and shows his mettle by moving it in all directions as though he is protecting himself against several opposing fighters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sixteenth-century language should put the historian of the fourteenth-century on his mettle; it should not frighten him from closer textual analysis. The barmaid and the cab-horse can "double their mettle" and revitalize exhausted aristocratic stock if they "pick" luckily. Unlike the women in allowing the hero to prove his mettle as he protects womanhood, these women impose a set of contradictory verbal constraints and conditions on the hero. Not just anyone had the mettle. The next test of our mettle, though, is almost upon us. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Well, here it is, sticking its nose over the horizon; it's time for you to prove your mettle. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The suggestion is that they should have the chance of proving their mettle, while not being allowed to vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not for the first time has this old country shown its mettle best when the difficulties were greatest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new chairman has already shown his mettle in effecting economies in the running of the business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The way he tackles that will test his mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that he would have asked me some searching questions which would have me on my mettle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hoteliers have to be very much on their mettle to ensure that we do not price ourselves out of this sector of the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be on their mettle to secure better prices and to induce consumers to pay them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, what really tests the mettle of a government is what they do when they find their top priorities conflicting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that any government of any persuasion should be put on their mettle when producing legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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