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单词 ambitious
释义
ambitious
adjective
uk
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us
/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
B2
having astrongwishto besuccessful,powerful, orrich:
有抱负的；志向远大的；雄心勃勃的
an ambitiousyounglawyer雄心勃勃的年轻律师
He's very ambitiousforhischildren(= hewantsthem to besuccessful).他望子成龙。
B2
If aplanorideais ambitious, itneedsagreatamountofskillandeffortto besuccessfulor beachieved:
（计划、想法）要求过高的；需要极大努力及才干的；费劲的
She has some ambitiousplansfor herbusiness.她雄心勃勃，打算扩大经营规模。
Thegovernmenthasannouncedan ambitiousplantomodernizetherailwaynetwork.政府已经宣布了实现铁路网现代化的宏伟规划。
Theoriginalcompletiondatewasover-ambitious, so we have had todelaytheopening.当初在确定完工日期的时候太雄心勃勃，后来我们不得不把落成典礼推迟。
More examples
  • She's very ambitious but Idoubtshe'llevermake it to thetop.
  • Hedescribedtheplanas ambitious andaudacious.
  • Thegovernmentispersistingwithitsambitiouspublicworksprogramme.
  • We're all ambitious - itseemstorunin thefamily.
  • Robert is aself-centred, ambitious, andbigotedman.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
  • ache forsomething
  • acquisitive
  • ambitiously
  • angle
  • angle forsomething
  • aspirant
  • burn
  • fancy
  • haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/forsomething
  • hungrily
  • pine
  • setyoursights onsomethingidiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • someone'sheart's desireidiom
  • straw
  • super-ambitious
  • tempt
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(Definition ofambitiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ambitious| American Dictionary

ambitious
adjective
us
/æmˈbɪʃ·əs/
having astrongdesireforsuccess,achievement,power, orwealth:
Even as ayoungman he was ambitious andself-assured.
If youdescribeanactivityas ambitious, youmeanthat itinvolvesa lot ofeffortorexpense:
It was an ambitiousprojecttorestorethepublicparks.
(Definition ofambitiousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

ambitious| Business English

ambitious
adjective
uk
/æmˈbɪʃəs/us
having astrongwishto besuccessful:
anambitiousyounglawyer
I make nosecretof thefactthat I am very ambitious.
if aplanorideais ambitious, itneedsa lot ofskillandeffortto besuccessfulor beachieved:
Theretailerannouncedambitiousplansyesterdayas itreportedprofitsup 19%.
Thegovernmenthasannouncedanambitiousprogrammetomodernizetherailwaynetwork.
Theirgoalsprovedto be a little too ambitious.

ambitiously

adverb/æmˈbɪʃəsli/
Thecompanyhadexpandedambitiously intoEurope.
(Definition ofambitiousfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofambitious

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In their mixture of amateurish incompleteness andambitiouseffort, the pages bear witness to a conflict.
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The book isambitiousin its scope and range.
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If our definition is more complex andambitious, there is room to argue that democracy has yet to be consolidated.
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In such anambitiousand wide-ranging enterprise, sins of omission and commission are inevitable.
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As we identified, a group of the dissidents may be composed of three different types:ambitiousjuniors, mid-career policy seekers and antagonistic seniors.
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Nonetheless, the committee was nothing if notambitious.
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In contrast to theambitiousscale of the house building programme the dominant approach to implementation was distinctly conservative.
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A moreambitiousand practically necessary approach would be to take into account how particular ontological axioms are mapped as well.
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As is increasingly common inambitiousprojects of this nature, the published book is merely the tip of the iceberg.
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What the book intends to cover is therefore quiteambitious.
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His account of signs is anambitiousone, encompassing forms of communication is diverse as language, music and the visual arts.
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Nevertheless, this is anambitiousand valuable volume.
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The book is generous with its data andambitiousin its aims but possibly over-stretched in its methodology.
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The goal is commendable andambitious, but is not fully attained in the present volume.
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The scale of men's operations tends to be moreambitiousthan women's.
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