Definition of ambition in English:

ambition

nounamˈbɪʃ(ə)næmˈbɪʃ(ə)n

1A strong desire to do or achieve something.
her ambition was to become a pilot
她的志向是要成为时装模特。
he achieved his ambition of making a fortune
他已实现了发财的雄心。
Example sentencesExamples
- For a man whose ambition had always been to farm, he has no regrets about his change of career.
- Land-hungry settlers viewed the royal government as an obstacle to their ambitions.
- Hughes won the affection of many viewers in the original programme when he set out his ambitions in life.
- He and Graham Gordon, another young Scot soon to join the paid ranks, have big ambitions.
- His ambition of becoming Prime Minister was dashed forever.
- All of this occurs amid speculation about her own presidential ambitions.
- Noble ideas about feeding the world are being used to cloak ambitions of economic dominance.
- Now, if I get some MP to sign a letter, it feels like I've achieved my life's ambition.
- By the age of 14 she had two ambitions: to join the army and to compete in the Olympics.
- Constable died in 1837 feeling that his ambitions had not been realized.
- The storytelling ambitions of the two paintings are entirely interchangeable.
- The desire for weed-free fields is not an evil ambition.
- The single abiding ambition of my life was to be as good a father as I could.
- Matt left his native Birmingham a year ago to pursue his ambition of being part of a band.
- If anything, Allan and his management team have had to rein in their ambitions.
- If we work together we can realise these ambitions - we can make Scotland a better place.
- Not so long ago he was watching telly with his eldest daughter, Lois, who has ambitions to be an actor.
- Her ambition was to work in the field of astrophysics.
- Andrews just hopes their ambitions tally with his own and those of his boss.
- The firm harbours ambitions to build a major annual event around St Andrew's Day.
Synonyms
aspiration, intention, goal, aim, objective, object, purpose, intent, plan, scheme, mission, calling, vocation, desire, wish, design, target, end, dream, hope
1. 1.1mass noun Desire and determination to achieve success.
  雄心，抱负，志向
  young men and women with ambition
  Example sentencesExamples
  He now has a job, home and family and has developed into a responsible, caring father with ambition.
  So is it personal ambition that's driven her to scale the upper heights of the ministry?
  Unlike world leaders she was not driven by raging ambition or a desire to improve society.
  He's been good at everything he's turned his hand to because of his determination and ambition.
  The present trustees could never be accused of lacking ambition.
  This dedication came not through ambition, or from a search for glory, but through his real generosity of spirit, through love.
  The result of years of research, the book portrays the regent as a woman of ambition, taste, and faith.
  Publicly affable, his home life seems to have taken the brunt of his drive and ambition.
  His energy and ambition are astonishing, yet he emerges from this exhibit as a secondary, if engaging, figure.
  It has less independence than the body it replaced but more ambition and more resources.
  In nineteenth-century France, artists of high ambition sometimes expressed impatience with easel painting.
  Julie's success is based on driving ambition, a deprived childhood and hard graft.
  After a sickly childhood, he entered manhood with uncommon zest and ambition.
  Goneril and Regan, consumed by ambition, divide the kingdom in half.
  On the other hand, it would be surprising if they had equal levels of ambition.
  In a book of such ambition, there will be much with which to quibble.
  She arrived in 1920s Paris with nothing but talent, ruthless ambition and her own inimitable style.
  The boy was a considerable scholar - fluent, we are told, in six languages - but also consumed with ambition.
  During the course of Citizen Kane, the hero marries two women and his ambition drives them away.
  Most dangerous of all is that this will encourage those whose ambition outstrips their ability.
  Synonyms
  drive, determination, desire, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, a sense of purpose, longing, yearning, hankering
  informal get-up-and-go

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire 'go around (canvassing for votes)'.

Ambition comes from Latin ambire, literally meaning ‘to go round or go about’ (also the source of late 16th-century ambient), but with the more specific sense of ‘to go round canvassing for votes’. From this developed the idea of eagerly seeking honour or advancement.

Rhymes

academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dialectician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, monition, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, petition, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition

Definition of ambition in US English:

ambition

nounamˈbiSH(ə)næmˈbɪʃ(ə)n

1A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
强烈欲望，野心；雄心，抱负，志向
her ambition was to become a pilot
她的志向是要成为时装模特。
he achieved his ambition of making a fortune
他已实现了发财的雄心。
Example sentencesExamples
- Not so long ago he was watching telly with his eldest daughter, Lois, who has ambitions to be an actor.
- Andrews just hopes their ambitions tally with his own and those of his boss.
- Now, if I get some MP to sign a letter, it feels like I've achieved my life's ambition.
- The desire for weed-free fields is not an evil ambition.
- If we work together we can realise these ambitions - we can make Scotland a better place.
- Constable died in 1837 feeling that his ambitions had not been realized.
- Her ambition was to work in the field of astrophysics.
- The storytelling ambitions of the two paintings are entirely interchangeable.
- Hughes won the affection of many viewers in the original programme when he set out his ambitions in life.
- The firm harbours ambitions to build a major annual event around St Andrew's Day.
- For a man whose ambition had always been to farm, he has no regrets about his change of career.
- His ambition of becoming Prime Minister was dashed forever.
- Noble ideas about feeding the world are being used to cloak ambitions of economic dominance.
- Land-hungry settlers viewed the royal government as an obstacle to their ambitions.
- Matt left his native Birmingham a year ago to pursue his ambition of being part of a band.
- If anything, Allan and his management team have had to rein in their ambitions.
- By the age of 14 she had two ambitions: to join the army and to compete in the Olympics.
- All of this occurs amid speculation about her own presidential ambitions.
- He and Graham Gordon, another young Scot soon to join the paid ranks, have big ambitions.
- The single abiding ambition of my life was to be as good a father as I could.
Synonyms
aspiration, intention, goal, aim, objective, object, purpose, intent, plan, scheme, mission, calling, vocation, desire, wish, design, target, end, dream, hope
1. 1.1 Desire and determination to achieve success.
  雄心，抱负，志向
  life offered few opportunities for young people with ambition
  生活给予雄心勃勃的年轻人的机会很少。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He's been good at everything he's turned his hand to because of his determination and ambition.
  On the other hand, it would be surprising if they had equal levels of ambition.
  During the course of Citizen Kane, the hero marries two women and his ambition drives them away.
  The present trustees could never be accused of lacking ambition.
  Unlike world leaders she was not driven by raging ambition or a desire to improve society.
  Publicly affable, his home life seems to have taken the brunt of his drive and ambition.
  The result of years of research, the book portrays the regent as a woman of ambition, taste, and faith.
  This dedication came not through ambition, or from a search for glory, but through his real generosity of spirit, through love.
  His energy and ambition are astonishing, yet he emerges from this exhibit as a secondary, if engaging, figure.
  Julie's success is based on driving ambition, a deprived childhood and hard graft.
  It has less independence than the body it replaced but more ambition and more resources.
  He now has a job, home and family and has developed into a responsible, caring father with ambition.
  She arrived in 1920s Paris with nothing but talent, ruthless ambition and her own inimitable style.
  After a sickly childhood, he entered manhood with uncommon zest and ambition.
  Most dangerous of all is that this will encourage those whose ambition outstrips their ability.
  The boy was a considerable scholar - fluent, we are told, in six languages - but also consumed with ambition.
  So is it personal ambition that's driven her to scale the upper heights of the ministry?
  Goneril and Regan, consumed by ambition, divide the kingdom in half.
  In a book of such ambition, there will be much with which to quibble.
  In nineteenth-century France, artists of high ambition sometimes expressed impatience with easel painting.
  Synonyms
  drive, determination, desire, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, a sense of purpose, longing, yearning, hankering

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.

词汇	ambition
释义	Definition of ambition in English: ambition nounamˈbɪʃ(ə)næmˈbɪʃ(ə)n 1A strong desire to do or achieve something. her ambition was to become a pilot 她的志向是要成为时装模特。 he achieved his ambition of making a fortune 他已实现了发财的雄心。 Example sentencesExamples For a man whose ambition had always been to farm, he has no regrets about his change of career. Land-hungry settlers viewed the royal government as an obstacle to their ambitions. Hughes won the affection of many viewers in the original programme when he set out his ambitions in life. He and Graham Gordon, another young Scot soon to join the paid ranks, have big ambitions. His ambition of becoming Prime Minister was dashed forever. All of this occurs amid speculation about her own presidential ambitions. Noble ideas about feeding the world are being used to cloak ambitions of economic dominance. Now, if I get some MP to sign a letter, it feels like I've achieved my life's ambition. By the age of 14 she had two ambitions: to join the army and to compete in the Olympics. Constable died in 1837 feeling that his ambitions had not been realized. The storytelling ambitions of the two paintings are entirely interchangeable. The desire for weed-free fields is not an evil ambition. The single abiding ambition of my life was to be as good a father as I could. Matt left his native Birmingham a year ago to pursue his ambition of being part of a band. If anything, Allan and his management team have had to rein in their ambitions. If we work together we can realise these ambitions - we can make Scotland a better place. Not so long ago he was watching telly with his eldest daughter, Lois, who has ambitions to be an actor. Her ambition was to work in the field of astrophysics. Andrews just hopes their ambitions tally with his own and those of his boss. The firm harbours ambitions to build a major annual event around St Andrew's Day. Synonyms aspiration, intention, goal, aim, objective, object, purpose, intent, plan, scheme, mission, calling, vocation, desire, wish, design, target, end, dream, hope 1.1mass noun Desire and determination to achieve success. 雄心，抱负，志向 young men and women with ambition Example sentencesExamples He now has a job, home and family and has developed into a responsible, caring father with ambition. So is it personal ambition that's driven her to scale the upper heights of the ministry? Unlike world leaders she was not driven by raging ambition or a desire to improve society. He's been good at everything he's turned his hand to because of his determination and ambition. The present trustees could never be accused of lacking ambition. This dedication came not through ambition, or from a search for glory, but through his real generosity of spirit, through love. The result of years of research, the book portrays the regent as a woman of ambition, taste, and faith. Publicly affable, his home life seems to have taken the brunt of his drive and ambition. His energy and ambition are astonishing, yet he emerges from this exhibit as a secondary, if engaging, figure. It has less independence than the body it replaced but more ambition and more resources. In nineteenth-century France, artists of high ambition sometimes expressed impatience with easel painting. Julie's success is based on driving ambition, a deprived childhood and hard graft. After a sickly childhood, he entered manhood with uncommon zest and ambition. Goneril and Regan, consumed by ambition, divide the kingdom in half. On the other hand, it would be surprising if they had equal levels of ambition. In a book of such ambition, there will be much with which to quibble. She arrived in 1920s Paris with nothing but talent, ruthless ambition and her own inimitable style. The boy was a considerable scholar - fluent, we are told, in six languages - but also consumed with ambition. During the course of Citizen Kane, the hero marries two women and his ambition drives them away. Most dangerous of all is that this will encourage those whose ambition outstrips their ability. Synonyms drive, determination, desire, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, a sense of purpose, longing, yearning, hankering informal get-up-and-go Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire 'go around (canvassing for votes)'. Ambition comes from Latin ambire, literally meaning ‘to go round or go about’ (also the source of late 16th-century ambient), but with the more specific sense of ‘to go round canvassing for votes’. From this developed the idea of eagerly seeking honour or advancement. Rhymes academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dialectician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, monition, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, petition, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition Definition of ambition in US English: ambition nounamˈbiSH(ə)næmˈbɪʃ(ə)n 1A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. 强烈欲望，野心；雄心，抱负，志向 her ambition was to become a pilot 她的志向是要成为时装模特。 he achieved his ambition of making a fortune 他已实现了发财的雄心。 Example sentencesExamples Not so long ago he was watching telly with his eldest daughter, Lois, who has ambitions to be an actor. Andrews just hopes their ambitions tally with his own and those of his boss. Now, if I get some MP to sign a letter, it feels like I've achieved my life's ambition. The desire for weed-free fields is not an evil ambition. If we work together we can realise these ambitions - we can make Scotland a better place. Constable died in 1837 feeling that his ambitions had not been realized. Her ambition was to work in the field of astrophysics. The storytelling ambitions of the two paintings are entirely interchangeable. Hughes won the affection of many viewers in the original programme when he set out his ambitions in life. The firm harbours ambitions to build a major annual event around St Andrew's Day. For a man whose ambition had always been to farm, he has no regrets about his change of career. His ambition of becoming Prime Minister was dashed forever. Noble ideas about feeding the world are being used to cloak ambitions of economic dominance. Land-hungry settlers viewed the royal government as an obstacle to their ambitions. Matt left his native Birmingham a year ago to pursue his ambition of being part of a band. If anything, Allan and his management team have had to rein in their ambitions. By the age of 14 she had two ambitions: to join the army and to compete in the Olympics. All of this occurs amid speculation about her own presidential ambitions. He and Graham Gordon, another young Scot soon to join the paid ranks, have big ambitions. The single abiding ambition of my life was to be as good a father as I could. Synonyms aspiration, intention, goal, aim, objective, object, purpose, intent, plan, scheme, mission, calling, vocation, desire, wish, design, target, end, dream, hope 1.1 Desire and determination to achieve success. 雄心，抱负，志向 life offered few opportunities for young people with ambition 生活给予雄心勃勃的年轻人的机会很少。 Example sentencesExamples He's been good at everything he's turned his hand to because of his determination and ambition. On the other hand, it would be surprising if they had equal levels of ambition. During the course of Citizen Kane, the hero marries two women and his ambition drives them away. The present trustees could never be accused of lacking ambition. Unlike world leaders she was not driven by raging ambition or a desire to improve society. Publicly affable, his home life seems to have taken the brunt of his drive and ambition. The result of years of research, the book portrays the regent as a woman of ambition, taste, and faith. This dedication came not through ambition, or from a search for glory, but through his real generosity of spirit, through love. His energy and ambition are astonishing, yet he emerges from this exhibit as a secondary, if engaging, figure. Julie's success is based on driving ambition, a deprived childhood and hard graft. It has less independence than the body it replaced but more ambition and more resources. He now has a job, home and family and has developed into a responsible, caring father with ambition. She arrived in 1920s Paris with nothing but talent, ruthless ambition and her own inimitable style. After a sickly childhood, he entered manhood with uncommon zest and ambition. Most dangerous of all is that this will encourage those whose ambition outstrips their ability. The boy was a considerable scholar - fluent, we are told, in six languages - but also consumed with ambition. So is it personal ambition that's driven her to scale the upper heights of the ministry? Goneril and Regan, consumed by ambition, divide the kingdom in half. In a book of such ambition, there will be much with which to quibble. In nineteenth-century France, artists of high ambition sometimes expressed impatience with easel painting. Synonyms drive, determination, desire, enterprise, initiative, eagerness, motivation, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, a sense of purpose, longing, yearning, hankering Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin ambitio(n-), from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.
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