校園英語口語習慣用語第260期:set one's jaw
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set one's jaw 堅持到底
【講解】
jaw的本義是“頜”;動詞set有“使臉部出現堅定不移的表情”的意思。set one's jaw用來形容人把下巴一沉,表現出堅毅不服輸的表情。
【對話】
A:I haven't seen you for a long time. What are you doing?
A:好久不見了,你在幹什麼?
B:I've been keeping on studying the piano.
B:我一直在學彈鋼琴。
A:How's it going?
A:學得怎麼樣?
B:Too bad. I failed the test for degree. So I have to set my jaw to do more practice.
B:糟透了,我等級考試沒過,所以我只好咬緊牙關進行更多的練習。