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ambitious

adjective
 
🔊/æmˈbɪʃəs/
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  1.  
     determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.有野心的；有雄心的
    • a fiercely ambitious young manager雄心勃勃的年轻经理
    • They were very ambitious for their children (= they wanted them to be successful).他们望子成龙心切。🔊🔊
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    • I am very ambitious. Nothing means more to me than winning.我非常有野心。对我来说，没有什么比赢得胜利更有意义了。
    • I'm not ambitious enough to try for the top.我没有雄心勃勃地尝试顶峰。
    • I've never been particularly ambitious.我从来没有特别抱负。
    • She's a great student—dedicated, hardworking and ambitious.她是个优秀的学生－专心、勤奋，而且有抱负。
    • The students are all ambitious to do well.学生们都雄心勃勃地做好。
    Topics Successb1, Personal qualitiesb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • for
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  2.  
     needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed费力的；耗资的；耗时的
    • the government’s ambitious plans for social reform政府耗资巨大的社会改革计划
    • Jogging every morning? That’s very ambitious, isn’t it?每天早晨慢跑吗？那是非常雄心勃勃的，不是吗？
    • Several interns will be working on three ambitious new projects.几名实习生将从事三个雄心勃勃的新项目。
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    • Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious.第 2、3 阶段的要求似乎太高了。
    • The book is ambitious in scope.这本书涉及的内容太多。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • in
    See full entry
    3. opposite unambitious
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio, from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.