ambitious是什么意思,ambitious怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
Iridium was among the most ambitious projects in the history of technology. Yet it soon led to one of the world’s biggest bankruptcies. 铱星计划曾是技术史上最宏伟的计划之一,然而它也很快便引发了世界上最严重的一次破产。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed
[形容词] 具有或表现出强烈的成功愿望和决心的
💡 深入解读
Ambitious 一词比较好记,看到它时很容易联想起熟词 ambition 来。从词源上来看,该词最早于14世纪末由拉丁语ambitiosus(渴望公职的、渴望赢得青睐的、竭力讨好的)进入英语,即用来形容人“有野心的、有强烈欲望的、有志向抱负的、雄心勃勃的”,常意味着过分地(inordinate),有时是自负地,渴望提升自己或者获得超出自己当前能力范围的东西,有时候也意味着在追求自己的目标时具有侵略性,
比如:
Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.玛丽雄心很大,竟想在四个月里学会用汉语流利地会话。
The sleek and ambitious politician retorted a question by another question. He knew how to manipulate public opinion.那个衣冠楚楚、野心勃勃的政客以反问答问。他知道如何左右公众舆论。
The government has announced an ambitious plan to modernize the railroad network.等到了1751年后, ambitious 开始用来形容计划、工作、设计、政策等事项“由野心或雄心引起的、反应野心或雄心的”,并进一步引申指“艰巨费劲的、耗时费力的、要求过高的、规模宏大的”,常意味着远远超出可以确定完成的范围,以至于要么令人怀疑是否能够成功实现或执行,要么只能通过过度努力或最大限度地测试自己的能力来实现,比如:政府已经宣布了实现铁路网现代化的宏伟规划。
This is an ambitious undertaking but I know it is worthwhile. I won't exert myself unnecessarily.这是一项耗时费力的事业,但我知道这是值得的。我不会做无谓的努力。
📚 名著用例
Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. 格兰杰小姐是一个长相平平但野心勃勃的姑娘,似乎对大名鼎鼎的巫师情有独钟,哈利一个人满足不了她的胃口。
— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第四本《哈利·波特与火焰杯》( Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire )。》
🔍 同近义词
- aspiring: directing one's hopes or ambitions toward becoming a specified type of person
- exacting: making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources
- grandiose: excessively grand or ambitious

