ambition

[æm'biʃən]

n.雄心, 抱负, 野心, 精力
vt.追求, 有 ... 野心

n.

1. 雄心, 抱负[U][C]

Her son was filled with ambition to become a great inventor.

她儿子一心想成为伟大的发明家。

2. 野心[U][C]

3. 追求的目标[C]

Her ambition was to become a film star.

她一心追求的是做电影明星。

vt.

【口】有……野心; 追求

词形变化

名词复数：ambitions

过去式：ambitioned

过去分词：ambitioned

现在进行时：ambitioning

词义辨析

同义:

n.希望, 愿望, 抱负

aspiration  hoping  wishfulness  desire  yearning  longing  want  craving  determination  striving  spirit  initiative  enterprise  will  motivation

n.目标

goal  aim  target  destination  end point  aspiration

n.事业心, 进取心

enterprise

v.期望, 渴望

aspire to  hope for  wish for  desire  covet  yearn for  long for  want  crave  hunger for  dream for

v.瞄准

aim for  shoot for  

同义参见:

pursuit  intention  resolution  

英英释义

名词 ambition:

a cherished desire

同义词：aspiration, dream

a strong drive for success

同义词：ambitiousness

动词 ambition:

have as one's ambition

补充

ambitionambition英:[æmˈbiʃən] 美:[æmˈbɪʃən]n.1.抱负, 雄心, 野心His ambition knows no limits.他的野心是无止尽的。2.渴望得到的东西The big house on the hill is my ambition.山上那所大房子是我所企望得到的。

例句

1. What is your main ambition?你最大的理想是什么？ 2. Chaka Khan is realizing a lifetime's ambition by making a jazz album .查卡•坎正通过制作一张爵士乐唱片来实现其人生目标。 3. Her lifelong ambition was to be a teacher.当老师是她毕生追求的目标。 4. I always had an ambition to work overseas.我过去总想去国外工作。 5. She finally achieved her ambition to become an MP.她终于实现了自己当下院议员的夙愿。 6. She no longer has presidential ambitions.她不再梦想当总统了。 7. calming fears about its political and territorial ambitions平息对其政治及领土野心的恐惧 8. He is full of ambition.他雄心勃勃。 9. When I was young I never had any ambition.我年轻时从未有过什么雄心壮志。 10. a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness既野心勃勃又冷酷无情 11. She never ambitioned that.她对那从来没有什么野心。 12. her ambition was to become a model.她的志向是要成为时装模特。 13. he achieved his ambition of making a fortune.他已实现了发财的雄心。 14. life offered few opportunities for young people with ambition.生活给予雄心勃勃的年轻人的机会很少。 15. It has always been her ambition to travel the world.她一直希望游历世界。 16. One problem of young people today is their lack of ambition.现在的年轻人有一个毛病，就是缺乏雄心壮志。 17. My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.孩提时，我的第一个目标就是要进马戏团。 18. "The wife of a famous poet, she had literary ambitions of her own. [=she wanted to be a writer too]"作为著名诗人的夫人，她也有自己的文学梦。 19. He has ambitions for an acting career. = He has ambitions to become an actor. = His ambition is to be/become an actor.他的志向是成为演员。 20. She finally achieved/realized/fulfilled her life's ambition [=the thing she most wanted to do in her life] when she started her own business.她开创了自己的事业，终于实现了她的人生目标。 21. He lacked ambition and couldn't compete with the others.他胸无大志，无法与人竞争。 22. "With her talent and fierce ambition [=her very strong desire to succeed], she became a very successful actress."她有天赋，雄心勃勃，最终成为了非常成功的演员。 23. "I was tired and had no ambition [=initiative, energy], so I just spent the whole weekend watching TV."我累了，不想动，所以整个周末都在看电视。