gump·tion /ˈgʌm(p)ʃən/
進取心;氣概;元氣;才力
Gump·tion n.
1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. --Lord Lytton.
2. Paint. (a) The art of preparing colors. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) Megilp. --Fairholt.
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gumption
n 1: sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it
now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green
apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run
away" [syn: common sense, good sense, horse sense,
sense, mother wit]
2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand]