1. U C 追求的目标；夙愿　sth that you very much want to do, usually sth that is difficult to achieve
2. U C 野心；雄心　 the desire or determination to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.

　abet sb's ～ of　助长某人…的野心
　achieve one's ～　实现抱负
　attain one's ～　实现抱负
　awaken an ～　唤起野心
　check sb's ～　挫败某人的野心
　cherish the ～ of　怀有…的野心
　cultivate the ～　培植雄心
　entertain an ～　怀有抱负
　frustrate sb's ～　挫败某人的野心
　fulfil one's ～　遂愿，实现抱负
　harbour an ～　胸怀壮志，有野心
　have an ～　有抱负，有野心
　limit sb's ～　限制某人的强烈欲望
　lose one's ～　失去抱负，失去方向
　nourish an ～ for　对…怀有抱负
　nurse the ～　培植雄心
　realize one's ～　实现抱负
　restrain sb's ～　限制某人的强烈欲望
　reveal one's ～　暴露野心
　spur sb's ～　激起某人的雄心
　stir sb's ～　激起某人的雄心
　thwart sb's ～　挫败某人的野心
　boundless ～　无穷的欲望
　burning ～　炽烈的欲望
　cherished ～　夙愿
　commendable ～　值得称道的志向
　disappointed ～　未酬的壮志，落空的野心
　domineering ～　称霸的野心
　fierce ～　强烈的愿望
　frustrated ～　受挫的雄心
　great ～　伟大的抱负
　high ～　崇高的志向
　highest ～　最高志向
　honourable ～　高尚的抱负
　insatiable ～　贪得无厌的野心
　laudable ～　值得称赞的志向
　legitimate ～　正当的志向
　lifelong ～　终生抱负
　lofty ～　高尚的抱负
　long-cherished ～　夙愿
　long-standing ～　夙愿
　noble ～　高尚的志向
　overweening ～　过分自信的抱负
　personal ～　个人野心
　political ～s　政治抱负
　ruling ～　主宰一切的野心
　territorial ～s　领土野心
　unbridled ～　狂妄的野心
　universal ～　人皆有之的愿望
　unrealized ～　未实现的抱负
　vulgar ～　卑劣的野心
　be moderate in ～　在抱负上适可而止
　be full of ～　野心勃勃
　out of ～　出于野心
　without ～　胸无大志，没有野心
　～ for　对…的野心
　～ for aggression　侵略的野心
　～ for fame and gain　追逐名利的野心
　～ for political power　对政治权力的野心
　～ of one's life　一生中的理想

　His ambition has come true.　他的抱负实现了。
　His ambition knows no limits.　他的野心是无止境的。
　Ambition often overleaps itself.　抱负常因过高而不能实现；野心常因过大而招致失败。
　His ruin was that the ambition had laid hold of him.　他之所以毁灭，是由于野心迷住了他的心窍。
　His political ambitions still burn.　他的政治野心依然炽烈。
　Her frustrated ambitions have made her extremely bitter and cynical.　她的抱负受挫使她极其地辛酸悲痛和愤世。
　His ambition is to be a lawyer.　他的志向是当律师。
　Her lifelong ambition was to be a teacher.　她的夙愿就是当一名教师。
　His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.　他的雄心是最终开一家自己的公司。
　His greatest ambition is to make good wine.　他的最大愿望就是酿出美酒。
　He described his ambitions and ideals.　他描述了自己的理想和抱负。
　After leaving the diplomatic service he developed Parliamentary ambitions.　他离开外交界后，又在议会方面大展宏图。
　He has very high ambitions.　他有很高的志向。
　She denies that she has any political ambitions.　她否认自己有任何政治上的野心。
　She has great ambitions but little talent.　她志大才疏。
　She's clever but she lacks ambition.　她很聪明，但是没有抱负。
　The leaders of both parties have presidential ambitions.　两个党派的领导者都有想当总统的野心。
　The important question is whether he is prepared to go to war to achieve his territorial ambitions.　重要的问题是他是否已准备好发动战争以实现他的领土野心。
　She has no personal ambition.　她没有个人野心。
　Knowledge of inequality has stimulated envy, ambition and greed.　不平等意识是妒忌、野心和贪婪之源。
　Nothing would stop me from achieving my ambition.　没有什么能阻止我实现我的抱负。
　You will not be able to achieve your ambition if you do not work hard.　如果你不努力，你的志向就不会实现。
　She doubts whether she'll ever be able to fulfil her ambition.　她怀疑是否能够实现自己的抱负。
　He has ambition and works hard to get a salary increase.　他有上进心，努力工作争取能加薪。
　The big house on the hill is my ambition.　小山上那所大房子是我所企望得到的。
　He has already achieved his main ambition of life—to become wealthy.　他已经实现了生活中的主要目标——变得富有。
　Lack of ambition might be his problem.　他的问题也许是在于胸无大志。
　He attributes his failure to a lack of ambition.　他把自己的失败归因于缺少抱负。
　His father was disappointed by his lack of ambition.　他父亲对他没有抱负感到失望。
　One of his ambitions is to study abroad.　他的抱负之一是出国留学。
　To be a physicist was the height of his ambition.　他的最大抱负是当一个物理学家。
　Macbeth is full of ambition.　麦克白充满野心。
　The politician is full of ambition; one of his ambitions is to become a minister.　这位从政者雄心勃勃，其抱负之一就是当一名部长。
　She's got a lot of ambition, so she's bound to be successful.　她很有雄心，因此一定会成功的。
　My family are more important to me than politics and personal ambition.　我的家庭对我来说比政治和个人抱负更为重要。
　No one could set measures to his ambitions.　没有人能限制其野心。
　He burns with an ambition.　他野心勃勃。
　A student who is filled with ambition usually studies hard.　一个胸怀大志的学生通常是刻苦学习的。
　He died with only one unfulfilled ambition, which was to take photographs on a spaceflight.　他死时只有一个抱负未实现，即在宇宙飞行中拍摄照片。
　He has no ambition for fame or gain.　他没有追名逐利的野心。
　The statement laid bare their ambition for world conquest.　这篇声明充分暴露了他们企图征服世界的野心。
　She listened attentively while he poured out all his ambition for the future.　她认真听他滔滔不绝地诉说对未来的雄心。
　I had no ambition in this direction.　我在这方面没有什么打算。
　He has the ambition of getting it.　他有心得到它。
　It fired his ambition to write poetry.　这激起了他写诗的热切愿望。
　He did it out of ambition to excel.　他是想出人头地才这样干的。
　After his heart attack, he abandoned his ambition to become Prime Minister.　他的心脏病发作之后，就放弃了想当首相的雄心。
　He had ambitions to occupy the throne.　他有占据王位的野心。
　He at last realized his ambition to sail round the world.　他最终实现了环球旅行的愿望。
　She was filled with ambition to become famous.　她一心想成名。
　She at last achieved her ambition to marry a rich guy.　她终于达到目的，嫁了个有钱人。
　I've always had a burning ambition to be a film director.　我总是雄心勃勃，想成为一名电影导演。
　He has not given up his ambition to beat the world record in the high jump.　他还未放弃打破跳高世界纪录的雄心壮志。
　It was her life's ambition to publish a novel.　出版一本小说是她一生想要达到的目标。
　It has always been my ambition to climb Mount Qomolangma.　攀登珠穆朗玛峰是我的夙愿。

 ♣ ambition, aspiration, pretension
　这三个词的共同意思是指对实现抱负的强烈愿望。ambition可用于褒义，也可用于贬义；aspiration的单数形式主要用于褒义，指使人提高或使人高尚的抱负，其复数形式有时可指缺乏合理根据的或狂妄的野心；而pretension则因其“狂妄”的词源意义而侧重表示只有愿望而没有条件、权力或才能。

　［同义词］ desire, intent, purpose
　［反义词］ indifference
　［词源］拉丁语amitio（为获得势力而四处活动）