train sights on

train (one's) sights on (someone or something)

To identify, regard, or focus on someone or something as one's goal or desire. Every since she was a little girl, Janet has trained her sights on being a fighter pilot. They're training their sights on you to be their new head of marketing.

train one's sights on something

and have one's sights trained on something

Fig. to have something as a goal; to direct something or oneself toward a goal. (Alludes to someone using the sights of a gun to aim it. Note plural use of sights.) You should train your sights on getting a promotion in the next year. Lisa has her sights trained on a new car.

词组	train sights on
释义	train sights on train (one's) sights on (someone or something) To identify, regard, or focus on someone or something as one's goal or desire. Every since she was a little girl, Janet has trained her sights on being a fighter pilot. They're training their sights on you to be their new head of marketing. See also: on, sight, train Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. train one's sights on something and have one's sights trained on something Fig. to have something as a goal; to direct something or oneself toward a goal. (Alludes to someone using the sights of a gun to aim it. Note plural use of sights.) You should train your sights on getting a promotion in the next year. Lisa has her sights trained on a new car. See also: on, sight, train McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: train (one's) sights on (someone or something) have (one's) sights trained on (someone or something) set (one's) sights on (someone or something) set one's sights on set sights on set your sights on set your sights on something set your sights on something/on doing something set one's sights on, to in (one's) sights
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