a person with a strong desire to achieve a position of importance or to win a competition有抱负的人；有雄心壮志的人- They were asked to select the party candidate from 20 aspirants.他们被要求从20名有抱负者中选出该党候选人。
- aspirant for something aspirants for the title of world champion有抱负的世界冠军头衔
- aspirant to something There are a handful of other leading aspirants to the title.该冠军还有其他一些领先的追求者。
Topics Successc2Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun): from Latin aspirant- ‘aspiring’, from the verb aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.