n.  追求，夙愿，理想

n.  抱负，雄心；野心

• ambitious

  a.  有抱负的，有雄心的；野心勃勃的

  a.  〔计划、想法等〕宏大的，艰巨的

• an ambition to do sth  渴望做某事

• have no ambition to do sth  完全不想做某事

• achieve/fulfil/realize your ambition 

  实现自己的理想

• lack ambition/have no ambition  胸无大志

• be full of ambition  满腹雄心

• sb’s dreams and ambitions 

  某人的理想和抱负

• an ambition to get ahead  想要成功的雄心

• More recently, however, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell. 宏伟的事业

• Never afraid to talk up his own accomplishments, a boastful Carême made a fortune as wealthy families with social ambitions invited him to their kitchens.

  有社交野心的富裕家庭

• He was young and full of ambition.

  他年轻，而且雄心勃勃。

• She had always had an ambition to be a pilot. 她一直渴望当飞行员。

• I have no ambition to go back there again. 我压根儿不想再回那里。

• Many of the students lack ambition.

  许多学生都胸无大志。

• mothers who are highly ambitious for their children  望子成龙的母亲

• Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich.

  艾尔弗雷德雄心勃勃，一心想着发财。

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