Gritty has a literal meaning — covered in or containing grit, meaning tiny bits of sand or stone, like sand stuck between your toes at the beach, or gritty flour that wasn't cleaned properly.

Gritty has a literal meaninggritty 有一個字面上的意思—— covered in or containing grit, meaning tiny bits of sand or stone沾滿了或含有 grit（沙粒、石頭的小碎屑）， like sand stuck between your toes at the beach像是在海邊沙子卡在你腳趾間的那種感覺， or gritty flour that wasn't cleaned properly或是沒洗乾淨、還帶著沙粒的麵粉。

But you'll actually meet the figurative meanings more often: a gritty movie, story, or city shows tough, unpleasant, realistic life honestly, without making it look nicer than it is — no soft lighting, no easy happy endings.

But you'll actually meet the figurative meanings more often但你實際上更常遇到的是它的比喻用法： a gritty movie, story, or city shows tough, unpleasant, realistic life honestlya gritty movie寫實粗獷的電影、故事、或城市，誠實地呈現艱苦、不討喜、真實的生活， without making it look nicer than it is不會把它美化—— no soft lighting, no easy happy endings沒有柔焦燈光，也沒有輕易的快樂結局。

A gritty performance in sports means someone played with real toughness and determination, even when things were hard. So gritty can describe sand, or it can describe tough honesty, or it can describe determination — context tells you which.

A gritty performance in sports means someone played with real toughness and determination在運動裡，a gritty performance堅忍的表現意思是一個人打出真正的韌性和決心， even when things were hard即使遇到困難。 So gritty can describe sand, or it can describe tough honesty, or it can describe determination所以 gritty 可以用來形容沙子，也可以形容艱苦的真實，或是形容一種決心—— context tells you which要看上下文才知道是哪一種。