ambitious

英 [æmˈbɪʃəs]

美 [æmˈbɪʃəs]

adj.  有野心的; 有雄心的; 费力的; 耗资的; 耗时的

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4298 / COCA.4287

牛津词典

adj.

• 有野心的；有雄心的
  determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
  1. a fiercely ambitious young manager
     雄心勃勃的年轻经理
  2. They were very ambitious for their children (= they wanted them to be successful) .
     他们望子成龙心切。
• 费力的；耗资的；耗时的
  needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed
  1. the government's ambitious plans for social reform
     政府耗资巨大的社会改革计划

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有雄心的；有抱负的；有野心的
  Someone who isambitioushas a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
  1. Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all...
     克里斯踌躇满志，决心要将它都做完。
  2. He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.
     他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。
• ADJ-GRADED 规模宏大的；艰巨的
  Anambitiousidea or plan is on a large scale and needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully.
  1. The ambitious project was completed in only nine months...
     这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。
  2. Their goal was extraordinarily ambitious.
     他们的目标极其宏伟。

英英释义

adj

• having a strong desire for success or achievement
• requiring full use of your abilities or resources
  1. ambitious schedule
  2. performed the most challenging task without a mistake
  Synonym:challenging

双语例句

• Diplomats now expect the mission to be much less ambitious.
  这一来外交官们估计这次任务会轻松很多。
• He is energetic, decisive, optimistic, intelligent and ambitious.
  他是精力充沛的，决定性的和乐观的，聪明的和雄心勃勃的。
• This is an ambitious piece of work.
  这是一件耗时的作品。
• Complex family relationships interweave with a murder plot in this ambitious new novel
  在这本布局恢宏的新小说中，错综复杂的家庭关系与一起谋杀阴谋交织在一起。
• He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive
  他一直都雄心勃勃，而且极其好胜。
• The man has always been very ambitious.
  这人一向胃口很大。
• In the later stages of his directorial career, Orson Welles began work on several ambitious films.
  在其导演生涯的后半阶段，奥森·韦尔斯开始执导起了几部恢宏巨制。
• I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term
  我承认我有野心，但我不认为这是个贬义词。
• This is an ambitious and intriguing movie, full of striking imagery.
  这是一部气势恢宏、引人入胜的电影，充满了动人心魄的瑰丽意象。
• Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all
  克里斯踌躇满志，决心要将它都做完。