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aspiration

noun
 
🔊/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/
🔊/ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/
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  1.  
    [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a strong desire to have or do something渴望；抱负；志向
    • I didn't realize you had political aspirations.我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。🔊🔊
    • aspiration to do something He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.他从未企求赚很多钱。🔊🔊
    • aspiration for something What changes are needed to meet women's aspirations for employment?需要什么样的改革才能满足女性对就业的渴望呢？🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She talked about her hopes and aspirations.她谈了她的希望和志向。
    • a political party that fulfils the aspirations of the British people能实现英国人民愿望的政党
    • an aspiration for personal power对个人权力的欲望
    • the country's aspirations to independence国家实现独立的愿望
    • aspirations towards starting his own business开办他自己的公司的志向
    Topics Successc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • lofty
    • human
    • …
    verb + aspiration
    • have
    • achieve
    • fulfil/​fulfill
    • …
    preposition
    • aspiration for
    • aspiration to
    • aspiration towards/​toward
    • …
    phrases
    • dreams and aspirations
    • goals and aspirations
    • hopes and aspirations
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] (phonetics语音学) the action of pronouncing a word with a breath that can be heard, as in the /h/ sound in house in English 发送气音；送气
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin aspiratio(n-), from the verb aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.