having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed 有强烈成功欲望的,有雄心的;有野心的 his mother was hard-working and ambitious for her four children. 他母亲辛苦干活,渴望四个子女成功。 ■(of a plan or piece of work) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve (计划,工作)要求高的,雄心勃勃的 the scope of the book is very ambitious. 这本书涉及范围很广。 an ambitious enterprise. 一项雄心勃勃的事业。
派生 ambitiously adverb ambitiousness noun 语源
late Middle English : from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio (see ambition)