aspire

英 [əˈspaɪə(r)]

美 [əˈspaɪər]

v.  渴望(成就); 有志(成为)

过去式：aspired　现在分词：aspiring　第三人称单数：aspires　过去分词：aspired　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.8441 / COCA.7829

牛津词典

verb

• 渴望（成就）；有志（成为）
  to have a strong desire to achieve or to become sth
  1. She aspired to a scientific career.
     她有志于科学事业。
  2. He aspired to be their next leader.
     他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。

柯林斯词典

• See also:...people who aspire to public office...They aspired to be gentlemen, though they fell far short of the ideal.aspiring

英英释义

verb

• have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  Synonym:draw a bead onaimshoot for

双语例句

• What do women aspire for?
  妇女企求什么？
• I aspire to be true to myself.
  我希望能对自己诚实。
• "I aspire for my children to do what I couldn't," Gil says.
  “我渴望孩子们将来能够从事我所不能从事的工作，”吉尔说。
• I'm ashamed of my ignorance, and I aspire after knowledge of science and technology.
  我为自己的无知感到羞愧，我渴望得到科学技术知识。
• If we all led perfect lives, what would we have to aspire to?
  如果我们都过着完美的生活，那我们还将渴望什么呢？
• Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.
  玛丽雄心很大，竟想在四个月里学会用汉语流利地会话。
• Performing high quality Orthopaedic surgery is a goal we all aspire to.
  做高质量的骨科手术是我们追求的目标。
• We should aspire to more than that.
  我们的追求不能仅限于此。
• Aspire after speed and passion is the lifeblood of my enduring enthusiasm of automobiles.
  而对速度与激情的追求，则是我对汽车经久不衰热情的原动力。
• At least I aspire to that.
  至少这是我所追求的境界。