am·bi·tious
adjective/æmˈbɪʃəs/
/æmˈbɪʃəs/
- determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
有野心的；有雄心的 - a fiercely ambitious young manager
雄心勃勃的年轻经理 - They were very ambitious for their children (= they wanted them to be successful).
他们望子成龙心切。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb1, Personal qualitiesb1- I am very ambitious. Nothing means more to me than winning.
我很有雄心。对我来说，没有什么比获胜更重要的了。 - I'm not ambitious enough to try for the top.
我没有足够的野心去尝试登顶。 - I've never been particularly ambitious.
我从来没有特别雄心勃勃。 - She's a great student—dedicated, hardworking and ambitious.
她是个优秀的学生－专心、勤奋，而且有抱负。 - The students are all ambitious to do well.
学生们都雄心勃勃，想要取得好成绩。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- for
- a fiercely ambitious young manager
- needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed
庞大的；宏大的 - the government’s ambitious plans for social reform
政府耗资巨大的社会改革计划 - Jogging every morning? That’s very ambitious, isn’t it?
每天早上慢跑？这是非常雄心勃勃的，不是吗？ - Several interns will be working on three ambitious new projects.
几名实习生将致力于三个雄心勃勃的新项目。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2- Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious.
第 2、3 阶段的要求似乎太高了。 - The book is ambitious in scope.
这本书涉及的内容太多。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- in
opposite unambitious - the government’s ambitious plans for social reform
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio, from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.