| 单词 | to be the grit | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be the grit  a.  Originally U.S. slang. Firmness or solidity of character; indomitable spirit or pluck; stamina.  to be clear grit,  hard (etc.) grit: to have genuine spirit or pluck.  to be the grit: to be the ‘right sort’, the genuine ‘article’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > 			[noun]		 stoicism1630 grit1825 pecker1845 sand1867 stiff-upper-lippery1961 stiffupperlippishness1973 1825    J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 386  				Proper fellow he was too; 'cute enough, I tell you—sharp as a razor—clear grit. 1843    T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. i. 13  				If he hadn't a had the clear grit in him, and showed his teeth and claws. 1862    W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip III. ii. 47  				If you were a chip of the old block you would be just what he called ‘the grit’. 1863    N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 179  				His main deficiency was a lack of grit. 1873–4    W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III.  xiii. ii. 12  				John Fisher..had not lost his northern grit and twang. 1880    Daily Tel. 7 Oct.  				Our English lads are hard grit. 1892    Times 23 Apr. 7/1  				Every appointment of the kind must be based wholly upon fitness and grit. < as lemmas  | 
	
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