ambitious
英 [æm'bɪʃəs]
美 [æm'bɪʃəs]
CET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL CET6
1、amb- "around" + ire "go" => ambire "go around".
2、ambitus "a going round," past participle of ambire. => ambit-.
3、ambit- => ambiti- + -ous.
4、字面含义："a going around," especially to solicit votes.
- ambitious (adj.)
- late 14c., from Latin ambitiosus "going around to canvass for office," from ambitio (see ambition). Related: Ambitiously.
- 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。
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- 2. 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。
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- 3. The plan may well be over-ambitious, and is clearly open to discussion.
- 该计划可能太过好高骛远，势必要招致争论。
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- 4. He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
- 据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。
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- 5. 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。
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