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词组 aspiration
释义 aspiration
      Aspiration, says Bernstein 1965, takes toward or sometimes after. He is apparently talking about older literary, rather than modern, use. Aspiration is usually not used with a preposition now, except the expected of that shows whose aspirations are being talked about. When a preposition is used, it will most likely be for:
      ... the aspirations of Alexander for the Bosporus — Times Literary Supp., 4 Jan. 1952
      ... those who have no power aspirations for themselves —Harry Levinson, Think, May-June 1967
      The natural aspiration for justice —The Autobiography of William Allen White, 1946
      ... designs and aspirations for national or social betterment—John Galsworthy, The Inn of Tranquility, 1912
      ... the aspiration of decent Americans for a just and lasting peace —Bruce Bliven, New Republic, 22 Nov. 1954
      Of is used, followed by a gerund:
      ... with logical aspirations of getting there —William H. Whyte, Jr., Is Anybody Listening?, 1952
      ... Oak Ridge's aspiration of becoming an ordinary place —Daniel Lang, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 1953
      We had aspirations of winning the NCAA championship this year —Wayne Vandenburg, quoted in Sports Illustrated, 15 July 1968
      To may be used followed by either a noun or an infinitive:
      ... wide-eyed aspirations to become a television star —Richard Corbin, The Teaching of Writing in Our Schools, 1966
      ... aspirations to objectivity —Times Literary Supp., 19 Feb. 1971
      ... the aspiration to touch the superlative in one's work —Oliver Wendell Holmes d. 1935, letter, 12 July 1921
      Aspiration may be followed by a clause:
      ... the aspiration that gainful activities should be socially serviceable —J. M. Clark, Yale Rev., Autumn 1953
      Toward is also found:
      The aspiration of America is still upward, toward a better job —Bernard DeVoto, The World of Fiction, 1950
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