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单词 gut check
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Definition of gut check in English:

gut check

noun
North American informal
  • An evaluation or test of a person's resolve, commitment, or priorities, typically with respect to a particular course of action.

    the gut check came when he found himself facing a tiebreaker in the third set
    it was time for a gut check after all the professional advice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Candidates really need to do a gut check to see if the industry is really for them.
    • When they're beaten, people who want to be the best give themselves a gut check.
    • Competing today comes down to a leadership gut check, where the first order of business is to admit that the boom-time 1990s were a once-a-century aberration.
    • The Ryder Cup is the ultimate gut check in sports.
    • No gut check needed, I was prepared to suffer and suffer well, whether it be at the back or at the front.
    • It comes down to a simple gut check: you either love what you do or you don't.
    • We need a process that maximizes our time and gives us a gut check.
    • On the domestic side, he rose to the occasion when there was a gut check on health care.
    • Oddly, when the going gets tough, most companies don't do a gut check and rededicate themselves to service.
    • We need a gut check in this country because most middle class Americans are tired of paying all of the taxes.
    • Riding down the steps of this bridge on the return is something of a gut check.
    • It's easy to pour massive amounts of resources into something that seems cool without doing the proper sort of gut check.
    • I think each one of us on the plane really got a gut check, whether we wanted it or not.
 
 

Definition of gut check in US English:

gut check

noun
North American informal
  • An evaluation or test of a person's resolve, commitment, or priorities, typically with respect to a particular course of action.

    the gut check came when he found himself facing a tiebreaker in the third set
    it was time for a gut check after all the professional advice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It comes down to a simple gut check: you either love what you do or you don't.
    • We need a process that maximizes our time and gives us a gut check.
    • We need a gut check in this country because most middle class Americans are tired of paying all of the taxes.
    • The Ryder Cup is the ultimate gut check in sports.
    • Riding down the steps of this bridge on the return is something of a gut check.
    • On the domestic side, he rose to the occasion when there was a gut check on health care.
    • It's easy to pour massive amounts of resources into something that seems cool without doing the proper sort of gut check.
    • I think each one of us on the plane really got a gut check, whether we wanted it or not.
    • Candidates really need to do a gut check to see if the industry is really for them.
    • When they're beaten, people who want to be the best give themselves a gut check.
    • Oddly, when the going gets tough, most companies don't do a gut check and rededicate themselves to service.
    • No gut check needed, I was prepared to suffer and suffer well, whether it be at the back or at the front.
    • Competing today comes down to a leadership gut check, where the first order of business is to admit that the boom-time 1990s were a once-a-century aberration.
 
 
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