ambitious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++am·bi·tious /æmˈbɪʃəs/ ●●○ adjective 1 AMBITIOUSdetermined to be successful, rich, powerful etc 有抱负的，有雄心的；野心勃勃的 Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich. 艾尔弗雷德雄心勃勃，一心想着发财。ambitious for mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their children to be successful) 望子成龙的母亲2 WANTan ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult 〔计划、想法等〕宏大的，艰巨的 an ambitious engineering project 宏伟的工程项目 an over-ambitious health reform program 冒进的医疗改革计划 —ambitiously adverb —ambitiousness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
ambitious• Linda has always been an ambitious and hard-working manager.• The Harbor Tunnel is one of the most ambitious engineering projects of modern times.• I am delighted that they are ambitious for themselves.• The main candidate for the position is Robert Lutz, age 59, an ambitious former Ford Motor Co. executive.• Neither does he know what it is not to be ambitious like him.• Whatever expectations his parents had of him, Valentin grew up the best-balanced and the least ambitious of their children.• He was too ambitious on both counts.• Women have to be more ambitious than men if they want to get anywhere in the business world.• The ambitious touring database proposals have been shelved.• Hutchings, like many ambitious young lawyers, became interested in politics.highly ambitious• He is highly ambitious and career-centred.• They were relevant, exciting and highly ambitious in the knowledge and skills they demanded of teachers.• Yet, such an integration would entail a highly ambitious legal and political undertaking.am·bi·tious adjectiveChineseSyllable
powerful etc rich, Corpus be determined successful, to
ambitious
am‧bi‧tious /æmˈbɪʃəs/
adjective
1. determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:
Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich.
ambitious for
mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their children to be successful)
2. an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult:
an ambitious engineering project
an over-ambitious health reform program
—ambitiously adverb
—ambitiousness noun [uncountable]
am‧bi‧tious /æmˈbɪʃəs/
adjective1. determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:
ambitious for
2. an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do something good but difficult:
—ambitiously adverb
—ambitiousness noun [uncountable]