Aspire Aspired Desire Verb Important Strong Achieve [V
The word "aspire" means to have a strong desire to achieve something or to become someone important. It is often used with the prepositions "to" or "to be".
;向往;渴望;有志于 If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
[V to n/-ing]
[V to-inf]
...people who aspire to public office...
渴望担任公职的人
They aspired to be gentlemen, though they fell far short of the ideal.
他们想要成为君子,虽然离这个理想还差得很远。
Oxford
as·pire/əˈspaɪə(r); NAmEəˈspaɪər/verb[intransitive , transitive ]to have a strong desire to achieve or to become sth 渴望(成就);有志(成为)aspire(to sth) ◆She aspired to a scientific career.她有志于科学事业。aspireto be/do sth ◆He aspired to be their next leader.他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。aspireaspiresaspiredaspiringas·pire/əˈspaɪə(r); NAmEəˈspaɪər/
to desire and work towards achieving something importantaspire to college graduates aspiring to careers in financeaspire to do something At that time, all serious artists aspired to go to Rome.
WDF
aspire
[əˈspaɪə(r)]aspired, aspiring, aspires
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aspired[279] aspiring[903]
立志(78%),热望(22%)
vi.渴望;立志;追求
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