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ambition

noun
 
🔊/æmˈbɪʃn/
🔊/æmˈbɪʃn/
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  1.  
     [countable] something that you want to do or achieve very much追求的目标；夙愿
    • She had fulfilled her lifelong ambition.她实现了毕生的野心。
    • His burning ambition was to study medicine.他梦寐以求的是学医。🔊🔊
    • political/artistic/career ambitions政治/艺术/职业野心
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    • 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。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • burning
    • driving
    • …
    verb + ambition
    • cherish
    • harbour/​harbor
    • have
    • …
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     [uncountable] the desire or strength of mind to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.野心；雄心；志向；抱负
    • She was driven by personal ambition.她受到个人野心的驱使。
    • She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.她很聪明，但却缺乏远大志向。🔊🔊
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    • His friends would never describe him as a man of great ambition.他的朋友们永远不会形容他是一个有雄心的人。
    • 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。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • driving
    • great
    • naked
    • …
    verb + ambition
    • have
    • lack
    ambition + verb
    • burn
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.

Ambition

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  1. (in Britain英国) an organization of around 3 500 clubs for young people which provide activities, including sports and outdoor activities such as sailing and climbing, usually for people in cities who would not normally be able to take part in them. Before 2012 it was known as the National Association of Clubs for Young People.