表达 “train someone’s sights on something 对准某物” 用来比喻 “为达到某个目标下决心,立志要做某事”。注意,在这里,及物动词 “train” 的意思并不是 “训练”,而是指 “瞄准”。
- She’s been staying late in the office recently because she has trained her sights on getting a promotion.
最近她一直在办公室加班到很晚,这是因为她已决心要升职。 - After the team’s greatest rivals beat them to the trophy, their coach trained his sights on winning it back.
在这支队伍最强的对手把他们打败并赢得了奖杯之后,他们的教练就下决心要把它赢回来。 - He trained his sights on losing weight over the summer. That’s why he started a diet and joined the gym.
他立志要在这个夏天减肥。这就是他开始新的饮食方法以及加入健身房的原因。