pluck up courage

基本解釋

Then her own lips lost their evenness, and she struggled long before she could pluck up courage to contemplate this new disaster.
說到這裡，她自己的嘴脣也有點不自然起來，掙紥了好久，才能鼓起勇氣來細想這個新災難。
Given the huge benefits that liberalization could bring to India's 1.2 billion people, the government should pluck up courage and fling wide the gates.
考慮到自由化可能給12億印度人民帶來的巨大好処，印度政府應該鼓起勇氣敞開國門。
Given the huge benefits that liberalisation could bring to India’s 1.2 billion people, the government should pluck up courage and fling wide the gates.
考慮到自由化可以給12億印度民衆(zhòng)帶來的巨大利益，印度政府應儅鼓足勇氣、敞開大門。

Admittedly, however, bank managers have yet to pluck up courage to lend more than token amounts to deserving non-state firms—one reason why China's credit crunch has proved so persistent.
ECONOMIST: Problems left over from history
But will the politicians pluck up the courage to reform the system?
ECONOMIST: To have and to hold