gumption
英 ['gʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n]
美 ['ɡʌmpʃən]
語源
gumption機知、洗練、勇気。語源は不明だが、方言のgome（注意、注目）から来ている可能性がある。
英語の語源
- gumption (n.)
- 1719, originally Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness, acuteness of practical understanding," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with Middle English gome "attention, heed," from Old Norse gaumr "heed, attention." Sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812. Related: Gumptious (adj.), attested from 1823.
例文
- 1. It takes gumption to quit a good paying job.
- 待遇の良い仕事を辞めるには勇気が必要だ。
- 2.With his gumption he will make a success of himself.
- 彼の才能によって、彼は大いに成功するだろう。
- 3.He suspected that deep down，she admired him for having the gumption to disagree with her.
- 彼は、心の奥底で彼女は彼が勇気があって彼女と異を唱えることに感心していると思っている。
- 4.Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.
- 経営の頭がある人は、1年のいつでも良い本を売ることができるはずだ。
- 5.Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.
- この根性で自分の夢を堅持してよかった。
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