ambition
英 [æmˈbɪʃn]
美 [æmˈbɪʃn]
n. 追求的目标; 夙愿; 野心; 雄心; 志向; 抱负
复数：ambitions
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3185 / COCA.4283
同义词辨析
ambitionaspirationdesire【导航词义：愿望】
ambitionn. 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。
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。
aspirationn. 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。
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。
desiren. 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。
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。
牛津词典
noun
- 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
- She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
- 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。
- motivated by personal ambition
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 梦想；理想
If you have anambition todo 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。 - He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
他梦想成为托利党下院议员。
- His ambition is to sail round the world...
- N-UNCOUNT 雄心；抱负；野心
Ambitionis 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。 - ...a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.
既野心勃勃又冷酷无情
- Even when I was young I never had any ambition.
英英释义
noun
- a strong drive for success
- a cherished desire
- his ambition is to own his own business
verb
- have as one's ambition
双语例句
- He burns with an ambition.
他野心勃勃。 - He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
他梦想成为托利党下院议员。 - She has no personal ambition.
她没有个人野心。 - They both have learnt that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive.
他们两个人都认识到了追求理想和做个好父亲不能两者兼顾。 - My real ambition was to work in a circus.
我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。 - Women were not supposed to parade their ambition nakedly.
女性被认为不应该赤裸裸地展示其雄心。 - 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。 - 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。 - Vision and ambition are his great strengths
目光远大、雄心勃勃是他的两大优点。 - Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
她想成为艺术家的梦想由于视力衰减而破灭了。