ambition

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n. 野心, 志向

发音

US /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/
UK /æmˈbɪʃ.n̩/
IN /ˈambɪʃən/

词形变化

ambitions 复数 ambitions ambitioning ambitions 三单 ambitioning 现在分词 ambitioned 过去式 ambitioned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

野心，雄心；抱负，志向

determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc

动词

追求；有…野心

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

    可数 不可数

    My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.

  2. 2.

    An object of an ardent desire.

    可数 不可数

    My ambition is to own a helicopter.

  3. 3.

    A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

    奢望

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

    志向

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

dream aspiration ambitiousness

上位词 2

drive desire

下位词 4

aspiration nationalism emulation American Dream
动词

上位词 2

want desire

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin ambiō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin ambitiōder. Old French ambitionbor. Middle English ambicioun English ambition From Middle English ambicioun, from Old French ambition, from Latin ambitiō (“ambition, a striving for favor, literally 'a going around', especially of candidates for office in Rome soliciting votes”), from ambiō (“to go around, solicit votes”). See ambient, issue. By surface analysis, ambit + -ion.

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