aspiration

英 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn] 美 [ˌæspə'reɪʃn]

• n. 抱负；热望；志向；渴望
• n. 吸引术；抽吸；吸气；发送气音

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]强烈的愿望,志向,抱负

   (a) strong desire to do sth or have sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 抱负
2. 热望
3. 志向
4. 发送气音
5. 送气音
6. 吸引术
7. 渴望达到的目的
8. 呼吸
9. 呼气
10. 【医】抽吸
11. 【医】肺内异物的吸入
12. 渴望
13. 愿望
14. 发 h 音
15. 吸入
16. 切望
17. 志愿
18. 【医】吸出
19. 【语音】发送气音
20. 欲望

英英释义

Noun:

1. a will to succeed

2. a cherished desire;

   "his ambition is to own his own business"
   

3. a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

4. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His true aspiration is to become the President of the United States.
   他真正的抱负是想成为美国总统。
2. He nursed an aspiration to be a poet.
   他心怀当诗人的愿望。
3. The generalship was his aspiration.
   将官之职位是他梦寐以求的目标。
4. These are not just my goals, but our common aspiration.
   这些不仅仅是我的目标,而且是我们的共同志向。
5. Young Edison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.
   年幼的爱迪生就渴望成为一名发明家。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Aspiration cytologic examination reealed a fibrocystic change.
   抽吸细胞学检查为纤维囊性变。
2. An aspiration psychrometer could destroy a delicate moisture balance.
   抽吸式干湿球温度计能够破坏细微的水分平衡。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Educational standards and aspirations have risen in recent years.
   教育水平及其要求近年来有所提高。
2. We workers have soaring aspirations.
   我们工人有雄心壮志。
3. He has no political aspirations.
   他没有政治抱负。
4. Her father opposed her collegiate aspiration.
   她父亲反对她上大学的愿望。
5. The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries.
   新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
6. The democratic ideal was the common aspiration of men.
   民主的理想是人们追求的目标。

～+ prep. -phrase

1. I have no aspirations for fame.
   我无意追求名誉。
2. The colonial government could no longer ignore the political aspirations of the local people.
   殖民政府不能再对当地居民的政治愿望置之不理。　
3. He has aspirations to fame and greatness.
   他有建立丰功伟绩名扬四海的愿望。
4. They have intense aspirations toward liberty.
   他们热望自由。

～+to- v

1. He has never had any aspiration to earn a lot of money.
   他从未企求赚很多钱。
2. She has aspirations to become a great writer.
   她有成为一个大作家的志向。
3. She had aspirations to be an actress.
   她渴望当一名演员。
4. When I was 16 I had aspirations to play professional football.
   我16岁时渴望踢职业足球。

经典引文

• Corrupt inflamation taking away freedom or easinesse of aspiration.

  出自： E. Topsell

• There is..not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause.

  出自： R. B. Sheridan

• She sighed with an aspiration so low that it was scarcely audible.

  出自： J. F. Cooper

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accord with aspiration 符合愿望
• cherish a sacred aspiration 怀有神圣的抱负
• embody sb's aspiration 体现某人的愿望
• hamper sb's aspiration 阻挠某人的愿望
• realize one's aspiration 实现个人抱负
• rekindle aspiration 重新燃起希望
• thwart sb's aspiration 阻挠某人的愿望

形容词+～

• common aspirations 共同的愿望
• determined aspirations 坚定的愿望
• enthusiastic aspirations 强烈的愿望
• generous aspirations 共同的愿望
• legitimate aspirations 正当的愿望
• lofty aspirations 崇高的愿望
• national aspirations 民族的希望
• noble aspirations 高尚的愿望
• passionate aspirations 强烈愿望
• personal aspirations 个人愿望
• political aspirations 政治抱负
• soaring aspirations 雄心壮志

名词+～

• career aspirations 追求事业成功的愿望
• championship aspirations 追求当冠军的愿望

介词+～

• man of noble aspirations 有理想的人
• man of sublime aspirations 有崇高抱负的人
• with liberal aspirations 具有自由主意愿望

～+介词

• have no aspiration after fame 不向往荣誉
• have no aspiration for fame 不向往荣誉
• aspiration for democracy 要求民主的愿望
• aspirations of the developing countries 发展中国家的愿望
• aspirations to independence 渴望独立的愿望

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. aspiration意思是“强烈的愿望,志向,抱负”,可指国家、组织对某一领域的愿望,也可指某人在某一方面的远大的志向; aspiration表示的志向一般都较高远,为达到这一目的的奋斗能使人提升而更趋高尚。
2. aspiration后常接of或动词不定式作其定语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

aspiration, ambition, 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。

词源解说

• ☆ 1530左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的aspirare，意为呼吸，呼气。

近反义词

【近义词】

• desire