ambition

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

am·bi·tion [ambition ambitions] BrE [æmˈbɪʃn] NAmE [æmˈbɪʃn] noun
1. countable something that you want to do or achieve very much
• It had been her lifelong ambition.
•political/literary/sporting ambitions
•~ of being/doing sth She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
•~ to be/do sth His burning ambition was to study medicine.
2. uncountable the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc
•motivated by personal ambition
• She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.

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

Thesaurus:
ambition noun
1. C
•Her ambition is to become a writer.
dream • • aspiration • • hope • |especially written desire • • wish •
aspirations/hopes/a desire/a wish for sth
an ambition/aspirations/the desire/the wish to do sth
have (a/an) ambition/dream/aspirations/hopes/desire/wish
Ambition or aspiration? Aspirations are more general than ambitions. An ambition is often connected with success in your career.
2. U
•a man of driving ambition
ambition • • drive •
the ambition/drive to do/be sth
personal ambition/drive
have/lack ambition/drive

Example Bank:
•At last he had realized his life's ambition.
•He felt great resentment at having his ambition frustrated.
•He had only one ambition in life.
•He has no ambition.
•He's got little ambition.
•Her biggest ambition was to climb Everest.
•She's a woman of driving ambition.
•This is a tale of jealousy and thwarted ambitions.
•the company's global ambitions
•He was a young man with the ambition to succeed in his chosen career.
•His friends would never describe him as a man of great ambition.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ambitiousness, aspiration, dream