Moxie is courage with energy — the push to try something hard and not back down. It is informal American English.

Moxie is courage with energymoxie是帶著幹勁的勇氣 — the push to try something hard and not back down——一種敢去嘗試困難的事、不退縮的衝勁 It is informal American English這是美式口語

You might say a person has moxie when they speak up, start something with little money, or walk onto a stage while still afraid. It is closer to guts or nerve than to a quiet, careful kind of bravery.

You might say a person has moxie你可能會說一個人有moxie when they speak up, start something with little money, or walk onto a stage while still afraid當他們敢發聲、用很少的錢開始做一件事，或是還很害怕卻走上舞台的時候 It is closer to guts or nerve這比較接近guts或nerve than to a quiet, careful kind of bravery而不是那種安靜、小心翼翼的勇敢

British English and Taiwan classroom English almost never need this word; students will meet it in US films, books, and talk.

British English and Taiwan classroom English almost never need this word英式英文和台灣課堂英文幾乎用不到這個字 students will meet it in US films, books, and talk學生會在美國電影、書籍和對話裡遇到它

The meaning grew out of a drink: ads for an American soft drink called Moxie, sold from 1885, made the name feel like strength in a bottle. There was also a medicine with the same name from 1878. By about 1930 people were using moxie for determination itself.

The meaning grew out of a drink這個意思是從一種飲料衍生出來的 ads for an American soft drink called Moxie一款叫做Moxie的美國汽水的廣告 sold from 1885從1885年開始販售 made the name feel like strength in a bottle讓這個名字給人一種「瓶裝力量」的感覺 There was also a medicine with the same name from 18781878年也有一款同名的藥 By about 1930 people were using moxie for determination itself到1930年左右，人們已經直接用moxie表示決心本身

The drink name also turns up in place names in Maine, and in a plant called the moxie-plum; it may come from an Abenaki word for “dark water,” or from an Algonquian root about herbal drinks — scholars are not sure, so that last step is only a maybe.

The drink name also turns up in place names in Maine這個飲料的名字也出現在緬因州的地名裡 and in a plant called the moxie-plum也出現在一種叫moxie-plum的植物名裡 it may come from an Abenaki word for 'dark water,'它可能來自阿本納基語裡意思是「黑水」的字 or from an Algonquian root about herbal drinks或是來自阿岡昆語裡跟草藥飲料有關的字根 — scholars are not sure——學者並不確定 so that last step is only a maybe所以這最後一步只是個猜測