简单释义：

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n. 野心；雄心；抱负；志向

v. 热望

网络 雄心壮志；志气

变形：

复数：ambitions  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.抱负,雄心,大志;志向,志愿,愿望;雄心壮志,理想和抱负
2.抱负,志气,雄心
3.野心,奢望
4.〔俚语〕锐气,精力

v.

1.热望,想望得到

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例句：

1. Even when a city is still a live center of ambition, you won't know for sure whether its message will resonate with you till you hear it.
   即使一个城市是一个激荡着雄心的地方，在听到它的声音前你也不能确信你和它是否能产生共鸣。

2. Her problem is rather that she confuses her own Promethean egotism with an ambition for her daughters.
   她的问题是，她把自己普罗米修斯式的自我中心与她对女儿的期望混为一谈。

3. In other words, no journal-keeping by a writer who harbors any sort of ambition is going to be entirely innocent.
   换句话说，一位充满野心的作家所保留的日记，里面的内容都不可能清白得如同白纸一张。

4. Criminalizing and persecuting dissent is out of step with China's ambition to be a respected member of the international community.
   把持不同政见当作是罪名，再迫害其不同政见者，同中国要在国际社会上受到尊重这梦想，格格不入。

5. Envy and greed are the motivating forces of ambition - and without ambition, very little of any importance would be accomplished.
   妒忌和贪婪是野心的动力，没有野心的话，任何重要的事情都不能完成。

6. Attracting R& D to Shanghai is a central part of the city's ambition to turn itself into a world-class services centre.
   吸引研发中心落户上海是该城市转变为世界级服务中心战略的核心部分。

7. Nowadays, you go around like this but it is certain to be refused everywhere. It is in vain for you to hold a great ambition.
   以你目前这个模样，却想到处传播你的儒学思想，肯定是处处碰壁，徒有满腔热情也是枉然的。

8. The Commission president talked about Europe as a global player and leader. He called it a key ambition for this generation of politicians.
   这位欧委会主席谈到欧洲要成为全球参与者与领导者，并将其称作这一代政治家的主要抱负。