gumption trap

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An event or mindset that can cause a person to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project. informal
    — There are hundreds of different kinds of gumption traps, maybe thousands, maybe millions. I have no way of knowing how many I don't know. I know it seems as though I've stumbled into every kind of gumption trap imaginable.

词形变化

gumption traps plural

词源

Coined by Robert M. Pirsig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974).
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