剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - ambition collapse

ambition
/æm'bɪʃ.ən/
noun [C or U]
I
* a strong wish to be successful, powerful, rich, etc.
抱负；志向；雄心；野心

1. She's got a lot of ambition.
她很有抱负。

2. [+ to infinitive] His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.
他的抱负是最终能够经营自己的公司。

3. He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy.
他已经实现了他人生最大的志向——发财致富。

4. political ambitions
政治抱负

5. She doubts whether she'll ever be able to fulfil her ambition.
究竟是否能够实现自己的理想，她没有把握。

6. I've always had a burning (= very great) ambition to be a film director.
我一直有一个远大的志向，那就是做电影导演。

7. After his heart attack, he abandoned his ambition to become Prime Minister.
他心脏病发作以后，就放弃了要当首相的勃勃雄心。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - ambition collapse

ambition ★★★☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词梦想；理想 If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.

【搭配模式】：oft N to-inf

  • His ambition is to sail round the world...

    他的梦想是环球航行。

  • He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.

    他梦想成为托利党下院议员。

2.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词雄心；抱负；野心 Ambition is the desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.

  • Even when I was young I never had any ambition.

    即使是年轻时，我也从没有什么雄心壮志。

  • ...a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.

    既野心勃勃又冷酷无情

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - ambition collapse

☞ ambition
am·bi·tion / Am5biFn / noun ~ (to be / do sth) | ~ (of being / doing sth)
1. [C] something that you want to do or achieve very much
   追求的目标；夙愿:
   She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
   她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
   His burning ambition was to study medicine.
   他梦寐以求的是学医。
   It had been her lifelong ambition.
   这是她终身追求的目标。
    political / literary / sporting ambitions
   政治抱负；文学夙愿；运动目标
2. [U] the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
   野心；雄心；志向；抱负:
   motivated by personal ambition
   为个人野心所驱使
   She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.
   她很聪明,但却缺乏远大志向。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - ambition collapse

ambition noun

1. strong desire to be successful

• ADJECTIVE driving (esp. BrE), great, naked She's a woman of driving ~. | personal

• VERB + AMBITION have He has no ~. | lack

• AMBITION + VERB burn Ambition burned within her.

2. sth you very much want to have/do

• ADJECTIVE big, burning, driving (esp. BrE), great, high, main (esp. BrE), ultimate (esp. BrE) Her biggest ~ was to climb Everest. | lifelong, life's At last he had realized his life's ~. | long-held, long-standing (both esp. ) | grandiose, lofty | modest (esp. BrE) | personal | secret | youthful | frustrated, thwarted, unfulfilled This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ~s. | artistic, career, literary, political, presidential, social, sporting (BrE) | global, imperial, imperialist, nuclear, territorial the company's global ~s

• VERB + AMBITION cherish, harbour/harbor, have, nurture (esp. BrE) He had only one ~ in life. | abandon, give up | achieve, fulfil/fulfill, realize | limit | frustrate, thwart He felt great resentment at having his ~ frustrated.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - ambition collapse

ambition noun
⇨ ambition (a woman of driving ambition) ⇨ hope 2 (achieve your ambition)ambition

noun

ambition ♦︎ driveThese are both words for the desire to be successful and to achieve things. 这两个词均表示抱负、志向。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the ambition / drive to do / be sth◆personal ambition / drive◆to have / lack ambition / drive■ ambition [uncountable] the desire or determination to be successful, rich or powerful 野心；抱负；志向◆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。  see also ambition ⇨ hope noun 2 , ambitious ⇨ aggressive 2 ■ drive [uncountable] (approving) the strong desire to do things and to achieve sth; great energy 志向；干劲；精力◆He'll do very well－he has tremendous drive.他会干得很出色的－他干劲冲天。◆He lacks the competitive drive he needs to succeed.他缺乏获得成功所必需的斗志。  see also drive ⇨ drive verb 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - ambition collapse

ambition

noun
1 young people with ambition
DRIVE , determination, desire, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, a sense of purpose, longing, yearning, hankering; informal get-up-and-go.

2 her ambition was to become a model
ASPIRATION , intention, goal, aim, objective, object, purpose, intent, plan, scheme, mission, calling, vocation, desire, wish, design, target, end, dream, hope.

词源记忆 - ambition collapse

ambition 目标
ambi-, 两边，周围；-it, 走，词源同adit, 进；exit, 出。向周围走，向外走，目标。