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aspiration n.抱负；热望；志向；渴望n.吸引术；抽吸；吸气；发送气音 (1) 他心怀当诗人的愿望。(2) 将官之职位是他梦寐以求的目标。(3) 这些不仅仅是我的目标,而且是我们的共同志向。(4) 年幼的爱迪生就渴望成为一名发明家。(5) 抽吸细胞学检查为纤维囊性变。(6) 抽吸式干湿球温度计能够破坏细微的水分平衡。 Aspiration means "inhalation" or "breathing." So how did it come to mean "ambition" or "the will to succeed"? The Latin gives us a clue: spirare ("to breathe") and spiritus ("spirit"). It was once believed that our breath was our soul or spirit, which might explain why we talk about "breathing life into" something, or coming up with energy and ideas to invigorate it. How else to breathe life into something than with ambition and drive, in other words, "spirit"?

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英 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn] 美 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn] (1) He nursed an aspiration to be a poet.(2) The generalship was his aspiration.(3) These are not just my goals, but our common aspiration.(4) Young Edison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.(5) Aspiration cytologic examination reealed a fibrocystic change.(6) An aspiration psychrometer could destroy a delicate moisture balance. If your aspiration, or ambition, is to climb Mt. Everest someday, you better start training, because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]抱负；志向；渴望 Some-one's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.   [usu with supp]...the needs and aspirations of our pupils...我们的学生的需要和志向He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。...the republic's aspiration to statehood.共和国想成为独立国家的愿望

英语单词	aspiration
英美音标	英 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn] 美 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn]
中文释义	n.抱负；热望；志向；渴望 n.吸引术；抽吸；吸气；发送气音
英语例句	(1) He nursed an aspiration to be a poet. (2) The generalship was his aspiration. (3) These are not just my goals, but our common aspiration. (4) Young Edison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor. (5) Aspiration cytologic examination reealed a fibrocystic change. (6) An aspiration psychrometer could destroy a delicate moisture balance.
中文例句	(1) 他心怀当诗人的愿望。 (2) 将官之职位是他梦寐以求的目标。 (3) 这些不仅仅是我的目标,而且是我们的共同志向。 (4) 年幼的爱迪生就渴望成为一名发明家。 (5) 抽吸细胞学检查为纤维囊性变。 (6) 抽吸式干湿球温度计能够破坏细微的水分平衡。
vocabulary简明	If your aspiration, or ambition, is to climb Mt. Everest someday, you better start training, because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation.
vocabulary扩展	Aspiration means "inhalation" or "breathing." So how did it come to mean "ambition" or "the will to succeed"? The Latin gives us a clue: spirare ("to breathe") and spiritus ("spirit"). It was once believed that our breath was our soul or spirit, which might explain why we talk about "breathing life into" something, or coming up with energy and ideas to invigorate it. How else to breathe life into something than with ambition and drive, in other words, "spirit"?
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]抱负；志向；渴望 Some-one's aspirations are their desire to achieve things. [usu with supp] ...the needs and aspirations of our pupils... 我们的学生的需要和志向 He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations. 他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。 ...the republic's aspiration to statehood. 共和国想成为独立国家的愿望

Aspiration Climb Life 英 ˌæspə'Reɪʃn] 美 ˌæspə'Reɪʃn N.抱负；热望；志向；渴望 N.吸引术；抽吸；吸气；发送气音