1·It took me about two hours to pluck up the courage to call.
大约两小时后我才鼓起勇气打了电话。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Tom begged her to pluck up hope again, and she said she could not.
汤姆求她再打起精神来，而她说她做不到。
3·He can't pluck up the courage to leave home.
他鼓不起离开家的勇气。
4·He can 't pluck up the courage to leave home.
他鼓不起离开家的勇气。
5·In times of difficulty we must pluck up courage.
我们在困难时必须鼓起勇气。
6·It took me about two hours to pluck up courage to call.
我用了大约2个小时才鼓起勇气打电话。
7·He could not pluck up enough courage to ask her to marry him.
他鼓不起足够的勇气向她求婚。
8·He couldn't pluck up enough courage to ask her to GO out with him.
他不能鼓起足够的勇气请她一起外出。
9·He has been trying for weeks to pluck up the courage to pop the question.
几星期以来，他一直想鼓起勇气向她求婚。
10·He has been trying for weeks to pluck up the courage to pop the question.
几星期以来，他一直想鼓起勇气求婚。