每日一词 backbone

backbone: courage and determination

e.g. He has a crush on Sarah, but doesn’t have the backbone to ask her out.

引申义：支柱；勇气/胆量

e.g. Nobody on Chongqing bus had the backbone to intervene and prevent the middle-aged woman from assaulting the driver. If somebody did, the story would have turned out very differently.

He has enough backbone to take up the Ice Bucket Challenge.

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翻译：He didn’t have the backbone, and gave up the scholarship application at the last minute.

造句：一个人没有勇气在维护他自己合法权益的时候站出来

He didn’t have the backbone to complain about his own legitimate rights and interests. If he did, he would not have to face the dilemma now.