aspire
/əˈspaɪə(r)/verb
no obj.
1- direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something渴望, 有志于：
we never thought that we might aspire to those heights
我们从来没有想到自己会渴望达到那些高度
with infinitive other people will aspire to be like you别的人会渴望自己能像你一样
as adj. aspiring an aspiring artist.一个有志向的艺术家。
1.1
- poetic/literary rise high; tower〈诗/文〉升高; 高耸。
词源
late Middle English: from French aspirer or Latin aspirare, from ad- 'to' + spirare 'breathe'.