英语词汇“gut check”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gut check n. North American (originally Sport) (a) a challenging situation or event which tests one's strength of will; (b) an instance of assessing one's feelings regarding a course of action, typically intended to reconfirm one's enthusiasm or resolve.

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1963 San Antonio (Texas) Light 13 Nov. 36/5 The tough games are gut-checks... You have to decide how hard you want to win.

1971 Port Angeles (Washington) Evening News 31 Oct. 8/2 We just took a gut check at half time and came back.

1985 Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Dec. e1 I think it's time for some of us to take a gut check and see if we really want it or if we're just going through the motions.

1992 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 20 May 8 b May is the month that determines whether crops will be above or below average... And so far, the gut-check is testing the wills of the state's 80,000 farmers.

2009 M. Cochrane Girl who threw Butterflies iv. 34 When a pitcher was in a jam, when things looked bad, the bases loaded, say, nobody out, late in the game, when the pressure was on, that was a gut check.

2009 R. Wolffe Renegade ii. 54 It was time for a gut check after all the professional advice. Michelle and Barack approached the conversation coolly.

单词	gut check
释义	> as lemmas gut check gut check n. North American (originally Sport) (a) a challenging situation or event which tests one's strength of will; (b) an instance of assessing one's feelings regarding a course of action, typically intended to reconfirm one's enthusiasm or resolve. ΚΠ 1963 San Antonio (Texas) Light 13 Nov. 36/5 The tough games are gut-checks... You have to decide how hard you want to win. 1971 Port Angeles (Washington) Evening News 31 Oct. 8/2 We just took a gut check at half time and came back. 1985 Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Dec. e1 I think it's time for some of us to take a gut check and see if we really want it or if we're just going through the motions. 1992 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 20 May 8 b May is the month that determines whether crops will be above or below average... And so far, the gut-check is testing the wills of the state's 80,000 farmers. 2009 M. Cochrane Girl who threw Butterflies iv. 34 When a pitcher was in a jam, when things looked bad, the bases loaded, say, nobody out, late in the game, when the pressure was on, that was a gut check. 2009 R. Wolffe Renegade ii. 54 It was time for a gut check after all the professional advice. Michelle and Barack approached the conversation coolly. extracted from gutn. < as lemmas
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