Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3185
ambition
雄心；抱负；进取心；野心
核心释义
a strong desire or drive to succeed, achieve distinction, power, or fame
- 1.
对获得声望、荣誉、优越、政治权力或名声等使其出众之物的热切或过度的欲望；渴望使自己与他人不同。
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.
- 2.
珍视的愿望
a cherished desire
- 3.
热切渴望的目标。
An object of an ardent desire.
- 4.
对成功的强烈追求
a strong drive for success
- 5.
(同义项1)希望他人实现这些成就的欲望。
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
- 6.
类似动力的个人品质,不一定与单一目标相关。
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
目标；志向；理想；夙愿；渴望；对他人成功的期望；对获得声望、荣誉、优越、政治权力或名声等使其出众之物的热切或过度的欲望；渴望使自己与他人不同。；珍视的愿望
用法In use
Her ambition to become a doctor drove her to study hard.
用法提示：句中 'ambition' 作为名词表示'抱负'，后接不定式说明具体目标。
His ambition was evident in his constant pursuit of excellence.
用法提示：'ambition' 在这里是名词，表示'雄心'，强调个人目标。
The company's growth showed the founder's ambition.
用法提示：句中 'ambition' 作名词，意为'野心'，用于商业语境。
his ambition is to own his own business
have an ambition to do sth
She has an ambition to become a doctor.
她有一个当医生的志向。
have an ambition of doing sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- political ambition
- 政治抱负
- He has always harbored political ambition.他一直怀有政治抱负。
- personal ambition
- 个人野心
- Her personal ambition drove her to work hard.她的个人野心驱使她努力工作。
- ambition to succeed
- 成功的雄心
- His ambition to succeed never wavers.他成功的雄心从未动摇。
- driven by ambition
- 受雄心驱使
- She is driven by ambition to achieve her goals.她被实现目标的雄心所驱使。
- fulfill one's ambition
- 实现抱负
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记住'ambition'里有'bit'（一点），雄心是一点一滴积累的。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常表示强烈的成功欲望，多用于职业或学业目标讨论。可褒可贬，中性语境较多，但根据修饰词可能转为负面。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the spelling chunk '-ition' and are pronounced with the same ending /ɪʃən/, so they rhyme with 'ambition'.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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