1. 有野心的；有雄心的　determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.;having a strong desire for success, power, wealth, etc.
2. 费力的；耗资的；耗时的　needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed;showing or resulting from a desire to do sth difficult or sth that demands great effort, great skill, etc.

　～ aim　雄心勃勃的目标
　～ boy　野心勃勃的男孩
　～ design　大胆的设计
　～ man　有野心的人
　～ politician　有野心的政客
　～ lawyer　雄心勃勃的律师
　～ youth　有抱负的青年
　very ～　很有志向
　be ～ after wealth　渴望财富
　be ～ for sth　对…有野心的，渴望得到某物
　be ～ for one's children　望子成龙
　be ～ for power　渴望获得权力
　be ～ for social position　极欲获得社会地位
　be ～ of sth　对…有野心的，渴望得到某物
　be ～ of distinction　期望成名
　be ～ of love　渴望得到爱
　be ～ of success　渴望成功

　He is an ambitious man.　他是个有野心的人。
　Ambitious students get the best marks.　有抱负的学生才能取得最好的成绩。
　He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.　他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。
　She is an ambitious young doctor.　她是位胸怀大志的年轻医生。
　She's the sort of ambitious young professional that any company would be glad to have on its staff.　她是那种任何公司都乐意聘用的雄心勃勃的年轻专业人才。
　We are looking for an ambitious young assistant.　我们正在找一名雄心壮志的青年助手。
　She has some ambitious expansion plans for her business.　她有一些需要付出巨大努力的企业扩展计划。
　This is an ambitious piece of work.　这是一件耗时的作品。
　It was a little town of ambitious name—Carlsbad.　这是一个小镇，却有着一个很响亮的名字——卡尔斯巴德。
　The tunnel was one of the most ambitious engineering project ever undertaken.　这一隧道是所承接过的要求最高的工程项目之一。
　The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.　政府宣布了一项高要求的计划，使铁路网现代化。
　The environment minister has set ambitious goals for the recycling of household waste.　环保部长已经定了回收利用家庭废物的高目标。
　There are bound to be problems with such an ambitious scheme.　要求如此之高的计划肯定会有问题。
　We cooked nothing more ambitious than boiled eggs.　除了煮鸡蛋外，我们没有做什么更复杂的菜。
　Boys, be ambitious!　孩子们，要有雄心大志！
　She is politically ambitious.　她有政治野心。
　She's extremely ambitious and intends to be running her own company by the time she's 30.　她雄心勃勃，打算在30岁的时候开一家自己的公司。
　The plan is too ambitious.　这个计划野心太大。
　The program is laudably ambitious.　这项计划雄心勃勃，值得称道。
　His plans are admirable ambitious: he wants to master French, German and Spanish before he is twenty.　他的计划雄心勃勃，令人钦佩：他想在20岁以前掌握法语、德语和西班牙语。
　Jogging every morning? That's very ambitious, isn't it?　每天早上慢跑?那会非常费时费力的，是不是?
　Gamblers are ambitious after money.　赌徒贪钱。
　He is ambitious after power.　他热衷于追求权力。
　He's very ambitious for his children.　他对他的孩子们的期望极大。
　Her parents were intensely ambitious for her and her younger sister.　她的父母对她和她妹妹有着很高的期望。
　He is ambitious for fame.　他热衷成名。
　He is ambitious for social status.　他极想获得社会地位。
　He is ambitious of the position.　他渴望得到这个职务。
　The actress is ambitious of applause.　这女演员极想得到喝彩。
　The actor was ambitious of success.　这位演员渴望获得成功。
　She is ambitious of success in her stage career.　她渴望在她的舞台生涯中获得成功。
　John is ambitious to become as famous as Edison.　约翰有野心想和爱迪生一样有名。
　They are ambitious to play.　他们极想玩。
　She is ambitious to win an Olympic gold.　她有雄心壮志要赢得一枚奥运会金牌。
　She is ambitious to get through high school in two years.　她很想在两年内读完高中。
　She is ambitious to succeed in life as a woman journalist.　她渴望自己作为一名女新闻工作者在生活中取得成功。

　［派生词］ ambitiously adv.有野心地；雄心勃勃地‖ambitiousness n.有野心〔雄心〕
　［同义词］ arduous, aspiring, desirous, eager, energetic, enterprising, keen
　［反义词］ humble, lazy, modest, unambitious, unaspiring