aspire

verb

🔊/əˈspaɪə(r)/

🔊/əˈspaɪər/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they aspire	🔊/əˈspaɪə(r)/ 🔊/əˈspaɪər/
he / she / it aspires	🔊/əˈspaɪəz/ 🔊/əˈspaɪərz/
past simple aspired	🔊/əˈspaɪəd/ 🔊/əˈspaɪərd/
past participle aspired	🔊/əˈspaɪəd/ 🔊/əˈspaɪərd/
-ing form aspiring	🔊/əˈspaɪərɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈspaɪərɪŋ/

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to have a strong desire to achieve or to become something渴望（成就）；有志（成为）
- aspire (to something) She aspired to a scientific career.她有志于科学事业。🔊🔊
- aspire to be/do something He aspired to be their next leader.他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。🔊🔊
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French aspirer or Latin aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.