| 词组 | ambition |
| 释义 | ambition Both the prepositions for and of are in use with ambition, but the most common construction (in our evidence) is to and the infinitive. Here's a sample: • ... developed an ambition to become a writer — Current Biography, February 1967 • ... carrying out his ambition to reform the map of the world —Benjamin Farrington, Greek Science, 1953 • Dvorak had a great ambition for special success in his D minor symphony —John Burk, Boston Symphony Orchestra Program, 5 Feb. 1972 • He had nursed the ambition of becoming a foreign correspondent—Times Literary Supp., 29 Feb. 1968 With in a somewhat different relationship is suggested: • ... my brother Philip, who had ambitions in this direction —C. P. Snow, The Conscience of the Rich, 1958 |
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