英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 文學名著類2-45 screw (up) one's courage

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【字面理解】擰緊勇氣

【英文解析】to force oneself to be brave enough to do something

【中文解析】鼓起勇氣

【典型例句】① He finally screwed up his courage and went to the dentist.他終于鼓起勇氣去看了牙醫(yī)。

② I had liked her for a long time, and eventually I screwed up my courage to ask her out.我喜歡她很久了，最后我 終于鼓起勇氣把她約了出來。

【注釋】出自莎士比亞的《麥克白》：We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we’ll not fail.(失 敗?但如果你能鼓起勇氣我們就不會失敗。)變體： pluck/summpn up one’s (the) courage。