gumption
/ˈgʌmpʃən/noun
mass noun
- informal shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness〈非正式〉精明; 机智; 首创精神; 足智多谋：
his new wife had the gumption to put her foot down and head Dan off from those crazy schemes.
他的新妻子精明能干, 果断地迫使丹放弃了那些疯狂的计划。
词源
early 18th cent. (originally Scots)： of unknown origin.