Word · Frequency #3185
ambitions
雄心；抱负；进取心；野心
ambitions is the plural of ambition.
a strong desire or drive to succeed, achieve distinction, power, or fame
- 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.
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。
- 2.
a cherished desire
珍视的愿望
- 3.
An object of an ardent desire.
热切渴望的目标。
- 4.
a strong drive for success
对成功的强烈追求
- 5.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
(同义项1)希望他人实现这些成就的欲望。
- 6.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
类似动力的个人品质,不一定与单一目标相关。
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
In use
Her ambition to become a doctor drove her to study hard.
His ambition was evident in his constant pursuit of excellence.
The company's growth showed the founder's ambition.
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
He has an ambition of starting his own business.
他怀有自己创业的野心。
pursue one's ambition
Connections
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
- He finally fulfilled his ambition of becoming a doctor.他最终实现了成为医生的抱负。
- lack ambition
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住'ambition'里有'bit'（一点），雄心是一点一滴积累的。
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the spelling chunk '-ition' and are pronounced with the same ending /ɪʃən/, so they rhyme with 'ambition'.
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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