ambition

美 [æmˈbɪʃn]英 [æmˈbɪʃn]
  • n.追求的目标;雄心;抱负;志向;野心;夙愿
  • v.热望

复数: ambitions

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noun

1

追求的目标;夙愿
something that you want to do or achieve very much

She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.

她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。

His burning ambition was to study medicine.

他梦寐以求的是学医。

It had been her lifelong ambition .

这是她终身追求的目标。

political/literary/sporting ambitions

政治抱负;文学夙愿;运动目标

2

野心;雄心;志向;抱负
the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.

motivated by personal ambition

为个人野心所驱使

She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.

她很聪明,但却缺乏远大志向。

ambition

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 梦想;理想
    If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.

    His ambition is to sail round the world...

    他的梦想是环球航行。

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT 雄心;抱负;野心
    Ambition is the desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.

    Even when I was young I never had any ambition.

    即使是年轻时,我也从没有什么雄心壮志。

noun

1
a strong drive for success
Synonym: ambitiousness
2
a cherished desire
his ambition is to own his own business
Synonym: aspiration dream

verb

1
have as one's ambition

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  1. It had been her lifelong ambition .

    这是她终身追求的目标。

  2. I had the ambition , but not the resources .

    我有自己追求的目标,但缺乏资源。

  3. She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer .

    她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。

  4. He 's always had a burning ambition to start his own business .

    他总是雄心勃勃地想自己创业。

  5. She never realized her ambition of becoming a professional singer .

    她从未能实现成为一名职业歌手的志向。

  6. She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition .

    她很聪明,但却缺乏远大志向。

  7. I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free .

    我没有雄心大志,只求自由自在地过幸福生活。

  8. It was the realization of his greatest ambition .

    这就实现了他的宏伟抱负。

  9. The attainment of his ambitions was still a dream .

    他要实现的抱负仍然是一个梦想。

  10. It was hard to reconcile his career ambitions with the needs of his children .

    他很难兼顾事业上的抱负和孩子们的需要。

  11. Her personal ambitions had been subjugated to the needs of her family .

    她个人的雄心壮志让位给了家庭的需要。

  12. He was corrupted by power and ambition .

    权力与野心使他腐化堕落。

  13. Even when I was young I never had any ambition .

    即使是年轻时,我也从没有什么雄心壮志。

  14. Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work .

    她父亲在工作中找到了施展抱负的机会。

  15. Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests .

    政治抱负和个人野心开始压倒经济利益。

  16. My real ambition was to work in a circus .

    我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。

  17. She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son .

    她总是鼓励儿子要树立远大抱负。

  18. The young boy was burning with a fierce ambition

    这个年轻人怀有极其远大的抱负。

  19. Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog .

    雷诺兹从没掩饰过他要成为老大的雄心。

  20. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist .

    我热切期盼成为一名记者。

  21. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good

    政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。

  22. His ambition is to play the part of Dracula .

    他渴望扮演德拉库拉。

  23. His ambition was to win gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996

    他的志向是在1996年亚特兰大奥运会上夺取金牌。

  24. The early ambitions of youthful enthusiasm soon become tempered with realism .

    之前年少时对理想抱负怀有的一腔热情很快便被现实浇灭。

  25. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition

    并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。

  26. His ambition is to sail round the world

    他的梦想是环球航行。

  27. Gregory 's father had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education

    格雷戈里的父亲早就向他灌输了要接受教育的志向。

  28. Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition .

    英国一直缺乏远大理想。

  29. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty

    他立志要在而立之年以前攒够100万美元。

  30. Many women feel ageism is obstructing their career ambitions .

    许多女性感到年龄歧视问题正阻碍着她们职业抱负的实现。

ambition aspiration desire 【导航词义:愿望】
ambition v. 夙愿;野心
〔辨析〕

可用于褒义或贬义,常后接介词 of 或动词不定式。

〔例证〕

He has the great ambition of running a company on his own.

他怀有自己经营公司的雄心壮志。

His ambition of getting a higher position was not achieved.

他谋取高位的野心未能得逞。

aspiration v. 渴望,抱负
〔辨析〕

一般用复数,常含褒义,常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。

〔例证〕

He knew nothing about their aspirations for the future.

他完全不了解他们对未来的抱负。

He has the aspiration to earn a lot of money.

他渴望赚很多钱。

desire v. 渴望,欲望
〔辨析〕

一般指有强烈的目的和意图,常后接动词不定式、介词 for 以及 that 从句。

〔例证〕

Her partners have a strong desire to win.

她的伙伴们有强烈的获胜欲望。

The teacher was deeply touched by their desire for knowledge.

他们对知识的渴望深深地打动了那位老师。

It was his desire that he should be buried in his hometown.

他希望能葬在家乡。