[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.
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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。
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[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
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am·bi·tion★/æmˈbɪʃn; NAmEæmˈbɪʃn/noun1★[countable ]something that you want to do or achieve very much 追求的目标；夙愿◆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ambitionof being/doing sth ◆She never achieved her ambitionof becoming a famous writer. 她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。ambitionto be/do sth ◆His burning ambition was to study medicine.他梦寐以求的是学医。2★[uncountable ]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。ambitionambitionsam·bi·tion/æmˈbɪʃn; NAmEæmˈbɪʃn/
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ambitionam‧bi‧tion /æmˈbɪʃən/ ●●○W3 noun
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1[countable] a strong desire to achieve somethingan ambition to do something She had always had an ambition to be a pilot.somebody’s ambitions of doing something An injury ended his ambitions of becoming a professional footballer.► see thesaurus at
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2[uncountable] determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc: He was young and full of ambition.3have no ambition to do something used when saying that you definitely do not want to do something: I have no ambition to go back there again.GRAMMAR: Patterns with ambition• You say that someone’s ambition is to do something: · His ambition is to become a doctor.• You can also say that someone has the ambition of doing something: · He has the ambition of becoming a doctor.• You can also say that someone has an ambition to do something. This pattern is often used when talking about the past: · He had always had an ambition to become a doctor.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbssomebody’s ambition is to be/do something· My ambition was to be a journalist.have an ambition· He had an ambition to be a top cello player.achieve/fulfil/realize your ambition (=do what you wanted to do)· It took her ten years to achieve her ambition.· He was prepared to go to any lengths to fulfil his ambition.· I want to thank all those who made it possible for me to realize a lifetime’s ambition.lack ambition/have no ambition· Many of the students lack ambition.nurse/harbour/cherish an ambition (=have it for a long time, especially secretly)· He had nursed an ambition to become a writer for many years.frustrate/thwart somebody’s ambitions formal (=prevent someone from achieving them)· The weather threatened to frustrate their ambitions.· Her lifelong ambitions had been thwarted again and again.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + ambitionsomebody’s main ambition· What’s your main ambition in life?somebody’s great ambition· He didn’t achieve his greatest ambition – to be Wimbledon Champion.a lifelong/long-held ambition (=one that you have had all your life)· It’s been her lifelong ambition to work with horses.a personal ambition· Crossing the Sahara was a personal ambition of mine.a secret ambition· His secret ambition was to become a pilot.a burning/driving ambition (=a very strong ambition)· She had a burning ambition to become a racing car driver.career ambitions· The course is designed to help you achieve your career ambitions.political/presidential ambitions· His political ambitions were put on hold while he waited for a suitable opportunity.phrasessomebody’s dreams and ambitions· He told her all about his dreams and ambitions.somebody’s lack of ambition· I was frustrated by their apparent lack of ambition.be full of ambition· She was full of ambition when she joined the company.
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