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]