英语词汇“put someone on their mettle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	put someone on their mettle
释义	put someone on their mettle (Of a demanding situation) test someone’s ability to face difficulties: there were regular public meetings where local MPs were put on their mettle and remorselessly pilloried... This way of thinking was made explicit only when critics such as Vincenzo Borghini were put on their mettle to defend the Baptistery's antiquity. Coventry's opening was brisk and sufficiently to the point to put Tottenham on their mettle. See parent entry: mettle
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