【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(huì)失敗。)變體: pluck/summpn up one’s (the) courage。