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prove one's mettle
mettle 常与物主代词连用，表示某人的勇气或耐力。
She proved her mettle by completing the marathon.
她通过完成马拉松证明了自己的勇气。
勇气
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
勇气
the ability to face difficulty or danger with bravery
She proved her mettle by completing the marathon.
她通过完成马拉松证明了自己的勇气。
勇气和耐力的品质
A quality of courage and endurance.
继续前进的勇气
the courage to carry on
良好的性情和品格
Good temperament and character.
The young athlete showed her true mettle by finishing the marathon despite her injury.
这位年轻运动员尽管受伤仍完成了马拉松，展现了她真正的勇气。
It takes a lot of mettle to stand up for your beliefs when others disagree.
当别人不同意时，坚持自己的信念需要很大的勇气。
The team's mettle was tested during the final match.
这支球队的毅力在决赛中受到了考验。
mettle 常与物主代词连用，表示某人的勇气或耐力。
She proved her mettle by completing the marathon.
她通过完成马拉松证明了自己的勇气。
The difficult exam tested the students' mettle.
这场困难的考试考验了学生们的耐力。
He showed his mettle by standing up to the bully.
他通过反抗霸凌者展示了自己的勇气。
Not this
He showed great metal in the competition.
Use this
He showed great mettle in the competition.
错误原因："metal" 和 "mettle" 发音相同，但 "metal" 意为金属，而 "mettle" 意为勇气或耐力。学习者常混淆拼写。
Not this
She is very mettle.
Use this
She is very mettlesome.
错误原因："mettle" 是名词，不能用作形容词。应使用形容词 "mettlesome" 表示"有勇气的"。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
展现某人的勇气与毅力
The team showed their mettle in the final minutes.
球队在最后几分钟展现了勇气与毅力。
证明自己的勇气与耐力
She proved her mettle by finishing the marathon.
她跑完马拉松，证明了自己的勇气与耐力。
考验某人的勇气与耐力
The tough climb tested their mettle.
那次艰难的攀爬考验了他们的勇气与耐力。
激励某人全力以赴
The competition put the players on their mettle.
这次比赛激励了选手们全力以赴。
证明自己的勇气或能力
The marathon will prove his mettle.
这场马拉松将证明他的勇气和能力。
展现勇气或毅力
She showed her mettle during the crisis.
她在危机中展现了自己的勇气。
受到考验；尽全力
The final exam really put me on my mettle.
期末考试确实让我全力以赴。
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The team showed its mettle by fighting back from a two-goal deficit.
这支球队在落后两球的情况下奋力反击，展现了顽强的斗志。
Use mettle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
mettle 与 metal 同音，金属坚固耐磨，联想为勇气和耐力。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、discussions of character under challenge mettle 是比较正式、偏书面的词，通常用于像 prove/show one's mettle 这类表达，指在困难中展现的勇气和耐力；日常口语中不太常用。
These words all rhyme with mettle: the stressed vowel /ɛ/ and following /təl/ (or /dəl/ for metal, a homophone of mettle). Watch out for lookalikes like medal and pedal, which have /d/ and may be pronounced like metal/mettle in casual speech but are traditionally /ˈmɛdəl/. Also, battle and bottle look similar but have different vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.