ambition

noun

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

1. N-COUNT 梦想；理想
   If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
   1. His ambition is to sail round the world...
      他的梦想是环球航行。
   2. He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
      他梦想成为托利党下院议员。
2. N-UNCOUNT 雄心；抱负；野心
   Ambition is the desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
   1. 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。
   2. ...a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.
      既野心勃勃又冷酷无情

1. His ambition is to sail round the world
   他的梦想是环球航行。
2. He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
   他梦想成为托利党下院议员。
3. 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。
4. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition
   并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
5. I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
   我热切期盼成为一名记者。
6. My real ambition was to work in a circus.
   我的真正理想是在马戏团工作。
7. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good
   政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
8. Bruce Rioch's driving ambition is the main reason behind their new-found success.
   布鲁斯·里奥克的勃勃雄心是他们新近成功的主要原因。
9. My ambition was to travel upwards in the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
   我的雄心是在教会中一步一步往上走。
10. They both have learnt that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive.
    他们两个人都认识到了追求理想和做个好父亲不能两者兼顾。
11. His ambition was to win gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996
    他的志向是在1996年亚特兰大奥运会上夺取金牌。
12. Gregory's father had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education
    格雷戈里的父亲早就向他灌输了要接受教育的志向。
13. She was a very well educated girl with a lively mind, a girl with ambition.
    她是个受过良好教育、思维敏捷、抱负远大的女孩子。
14. As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.
    随着时间的推移，他跻身美国最高法院的雄心壮志在弥漫着酒精和绝望气息的乌烟瘴气中消失殆尽。
15. He is a man of extraordinary vitality, driving ambition and political nous.
    他是一个精力非凡、志向远大、政治上很有见识的人。
16. He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
    他一直有一个梦想，希望能指挥一支自己的顶级管弦乐队。
17. Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work.
    她父亲在工作中找到了施展抱负的机会。
18. Women were not supposed to parade their ambition nakedly.
    女性被认为不应该赤裸裸地展示其雄心。
19. Simpson's ruthless ambition and weakness for self-promotion has not made him the most popular journalist in the BBC.
    辛普森不择手段的勃勃野心和自抬身价的毛病使他没能成为英国广播公司最受欢迎的记者。
20. Vision and ambition are his great strengths
    目光远大、雄心勃勃是他的两大优点。
21. Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
    她想成为艺术家的梦想由于视力衰减而破灭了。
22. Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog.
    雷诺兹从没掩饰过他要成为老大的雄心。
23. Macbeth is the story of a Scottish soldier who becomes king but is undone by his own ambition.
    《麦克白》讲述的是一个苏格兰士兵当上了国王，却毁于自己的野心。
24. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
    我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。
25. They had the ambition to dominate this small country.
    他们有控制这个小国的野心。
26. One's wild ambition came to light.
    野心败露了。
27. His ambition was not satisfied.
    他的野心没有得逞。
28. She has no personal ambition.
    她没有个人野心。
29. He burns with an ambition.
    他野心勃勃。
30. The great ambition is spurring him on.
    远大的志向鞭策着他。

  ambition aspiration desire【导航词义：愿望】

  ambition n. 夙愿；野心

〔辨析〕可用于褒义或贬义，常后接介词 of 或动词不定式。

  aspiration n. 渴望，抱负

〔辨析〕一般用复数，常含褒义，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。

  desire n. 渴望，欲望

〔辨析〕一般指有强烈的目的和意图，常后接动词不定式、介词 for 以及 that 从句。

noun

1. a strong drive for success

   Synonym:    ambitiousness

2. a cherished desire
   1. his ambition is to own his own business

   Synonym:    aspirationdream

verb

1. have as one's ambition