English Dictionary

set one's heart on

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.

日本語の意味

〜を一心に望む / 〜を熱心に渇望する / 〜に心を決める

To set one's heart on becoming a scientist, one must be prepared for long hours of study and repeated failures.

科学者になることを強く望むなら、長時間の勉強や度重なる失敗に備えなければならない。

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.

With all the willful eagerness of a child she set her heart on that visit, and from morning till night she would talk with her little boys of the journey to what seemed to her the brightest, most sacred spot on earth, next to her present home.

sets one's heart on （ present singular third-person ）

setting one's heart on （ participle present ）

set one's heart on （ participle past ）

set one's heart on （ past ）