ambition
noun /æmˈbɪʃn/
/æmˈbɪʃn/
追求的目标;夙愿 - She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition.
她实现了自己一生的抱负。 - His burning ambition was to study medicine.
他梦寐以求的是学医。 - political/artistic/career ambitions
政治/艺术/职业抱负 - At last he had realized his life's ambition.
他最终实现了自己一生的夙愿。 - He had only one ambition in life.
他一生只有一个愿望。 - the country's nuclear ambitions (= plans to develop nuclear weapons)
该国的核野心 - ambition of being/doing something She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
Topics Successb1- This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ambitions.
这是一个有关嫉妒和事不如愿的故事。 - He felt great resentment at having his ambition frustrated.
他因为愿望受挫而感到恼怒不已。 - the company's global ambitions
该公司欲在全球实现的目标 - Her biggest ambition was to climb Everest.
她最大的目标是攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- burning
- driving
- …
- cherish
- harbour/harbor
- have
- …
- She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition.
野心;雄心;志向;抱负 - She was driven by personal ambition.
她被个人野心所驱使。 - She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.
她很聪明,但却缺乏远大志向。
Topics Successb1- His friends would never describe him as a man of great ambition.
他的朋友永远不会把他描述成一个有远大抱负的人。 - He was a young man with the ambition to succeed in his chosen career.
他是一个有志青年,一心想在自己选择的事业上有所作为。 - She's a woman of driving ambition.
她是个一心想要出人头地的女子。 - He has no ambition.
他缺乏抱负。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- driving
- great
- naked
- …
- have
- lack
- burn
- She was driven by personal ambition.
词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.