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determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc. 有野心的；有雄心的 a fiercely ambitious young manager 雄心勃勃的年轻经理 They were very ambitious for their children (= they wanted them to be successful). 他们望子成龙心切。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb1, Personal qualitiesb1I am very ambitious. Nothing means more to me than winning. 我很有野心。对我来说，没有什么比赢更重要了。 I'm not ambitious enough to try for the top. 我没有足够的野心去争取高层。 I've never been particularly ambitious. 我从来没有特别有野心。 She's a great student—dedicated, hardworking and ambitious. 她是个优秀的学生－专心、勤奋，而且有抱负。 The students are all ambitious to do well. 学生们都雄心勃勃要做好。
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needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed 费力的；耗资的；耗时的 the government’s ambitious plans for social reform 政府耗资巨大的社会改革计划 Jogging every morning? That’s very ambitious, isn’t it? 每天早上慢跑？那很有野心，不是吗？ Several interns will be working on three ambitious new projects. 几名实习生将在三个雄心勃勃的新项目上工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious. 第 2、3 阶段的要求似乎太高了。 The book is ambitious in scope. 这本书涉及的内容太多。
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opposite unambitious
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio, from ambire ‘go around (canvassing for votes)’.