ambitious
/æmˈbɪʃəs/adjective
1- having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed有强烈成功欲望的, 有雄心的; 有野心的：
his mother was hard-working and ambitious for her four children.
他母亲含辛茹苦, 渴望四个子女成大器。
1.1
- (of a plan or piece of work) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve（计划, 工作）要求高的, 雄心勃勃的：
the scope of the book is very ambitious
这本书涉及范围很广
an ambitious enterprise.
一项雄心勃勃的事业。
派生词
ambitiously
adverbambitiousness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio （see AMBITION）.