gritty

Word family

grit·ty /ˈɡrɪti/ adjectiveadj

1 showing determination and courage 坚定的；有勇气的

Henin gave a typically gritty performance, coming back from 4–0 down.

海宁表现出一贯的坚毅，把零比四落后的比分扳回。

her gritty determination

她那坚定的决心

2 showing a difficult or unpleasant situation as it really is 〔对困难处境等的描写〕逼真的，活生生的

Billingham’s pictures have a gritty realism which can be almost upsetting.

比林厄姆的照片展现活生生的现实，几乎达到令人揪心的程度。

3 containing grit or covered in grit 含沙砾的

Gritty soil had got under her nails.

沙土嵌进了她的指甲。

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gritty• His bare feet scraping on the gritty cement pavement made such an unpleasant sound that Fakhru decided not to follow too closely.• Barton are gathered in a gritty city backyard in the black Hill District of Pittsburgh to mourn his passing.• As a smouldering, glowering, gritty dance-rock sound-system, they are a mini-triumph.• In their studio, gritty Delta edges were given a smooth, appealing, urban sheen that crossed easily over racial lines.• A shower of gritty dust pattered on her face.• a gritty dust storm• a gritty football player• The watering can was gritty metal with an ugly snub spout.• His was gritty northern comedy at it's best.• The stair-carpet was gritty to her bare soles.

gritty realism• But then she also thinks Eldorado is full of gritty realism!• Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism, although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow.• EastEnders, once renowned for gritty realism and giant characters, is now awash with pygmies acting out absurd leftish fantasies.

grit·ty adjectiveadj

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BNC: 15125 COCA: 10456

gritty

Real and seeming real: real, true, genuine...

Covered with a specific substance: armour-plated, cobbled, flagged...

Determined and ambitious: determined, ambitious, persistent...

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