ambition
n. 雄心；抱负；野心；精力
ambition 选择性必修1000 全国卷频次:2 教材出处:译林版选必修B2U2
/æmˈbɪʃən/
n. ambitions 0
野心，雄心
高考真题原句选：
The French influences are all the result of one man’s ambition.
二、词组｜习惯用语
ambitions n. 野心；雄心；抱负（ambition的复数形式）；理想
wild ambition 野心
Blonde Ambition 她的野心；美眉的野心；金发女的野心（电影名）
personal ambition 个人野心
网络短语:
Ambitions 理想; 志向; 梦想起飞; 雄心壮志;
Inflate Your Ambition 志存高远
has laudable ambition 其志可嘉
keep the ambition 坚守理想
achieve your ambition 实现你的抱负
to annihilate another’s ambition 使别人的野心化为泡影
Juliet Wu’s ambition 吴士宏的抱负
Use Your Ambition Wisely 使用好你志向
audacious ambition 狂妄的野心
Twin Ambitions 双重野心
三、词根记忆 [12060](090529)
ambition
n.
對(成功,權力等)的強烈欲望,野心;雄心One of his ambitions is to become a rich man.他的抱負之一是成為富人.
n.
雄心,志向(amb大+it+ion→走大步→雄心)[it=go,表示”行走”]
noun
~ (to be / do sth) | ~ (of being / doing sth)
1. [C] something that you want to do or achieve very much
追求的目标；夙愿:
She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
His burning ambition was to study medicine.
他梦寐以求的是学医。
It had been her lifelong ambition.
这是她终身追求的目标。
political / literary / sporting ambitions
政治抱负；文学夙愿；运动目标
2. [U] the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
野心；雄心；志向；抱负:
motivated by personal ambition
为个人野心所驱使
She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.
她很聪明,但却缺乏远大志向。
1 [countable] a strong desire to achieve something 追求，夙愿，理想
an ambition to do something
She had always had an ambition to be a pilot.
她一直渴望当飞行员。
somebody’s ambitions of doing something
An injury ended his ambitions of becoming a professional footballer.
一次受伤使得他当职业足球员的理想落空了。
► see thesaurus at aim
2 [uncountable] determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc 抱负，雄心；野心
He was young and full of ambition.
他年轻，而且雄心勃勃。
3 have no ambition to do something used when saying that you definitely do not want to do something 完全不想做某事
I have no ambition to go back there again.
我压根儿不想再回那里。
1.N-COUNT 可数名词梦想；理想 If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
【搭配模式】：oft N to-inf
His ambition is to sail round the world…
他的梦想是环球航行。
He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
他梦想成为托利党下院议员。
2.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词雄心；抱负；野心 Ambition is the desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
Even when I was young I never had any ambition.
即使是年轻时，我也从没有什么雄心壮志。
…a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.
既野心勃勃又冷酷无情
plural ambitions
1
[count] : a particular goal or aim : something that a person hopes to do or achieve追求的目标；志向
My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.
孩提时，我的第一个目标就是要进马戏团。
The wife of a famous poet, she had literary ambitions of her own. [=she wanted to be a writer too] 作为著名诗人的夫人，她也有自己的文学梦。
He has ambitions for an acting career. = He has ambitions to become an actor. = His ambition is to be/become an actor.
他的志向是成为演员。
She finally achieved/realized/fulfilled her life’s ambition [=the thing she most wanted to do in her life] when she started her own business.
她开创了自己的事业，终于实现了她的人生目标。
2
[noncount] : a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous雄心；抱负
He lacked ambition and couldn’t compete with the others.
他胸无大志，无法与人竞争。
With her talent and fierce ambition [=her very strong desire to succeed], she became a very successful actress.
她有天赋，雄心勃勃，最终成为了非常成功的演员。
3
[noncount] US : a desire to do things and be active行动的愿望；干劲— usually used in negative constructions通常用于否定结构
I was tired and had no ambition [=initiative, energy], so I just spent the whole weekend watching TV.
我累了，不想动，所以整个周末都在看电视。
