aspire
aspire 英 [əˈspaɪə(r)] 美 [əˈspaɪr]
v. 渴望；立志
进行时:aspiring 过去式:aspired 过去分词:aspired 第三人称单数:aspires
- Does your life goal include world domination? Have an ambitious plan that involves gold medals and international fame? Then you definitely know what it means to aspire toward something big.
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- v. 渴望；立志
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1. She aspired to a scientific career.
她有志于科学事
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2. He aspired to be their next leader.
他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。
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3. In his childhood, he aspired to become a great general.
在童年时代，他渴望成为一位伟大的将军。
- aspire (v.) "strive for, seek eagerly to attain, long to reach," c. 1400, from Old French aspirer "aspire to; inspire; breathe, breathe on" (12c.), from Latin aspirare "to breathe upon, blow upon, to breathe," also, in transferred senses, "to be favorable to, assist; to climb up to, to endeavor to obtain, to reach to, to seek to reach; infuse," from ad "to" (see ad-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). The notion is of "panting with desire," or perhaps of rising smoke. Literal sense of "breathe, exhale" (1530s) is rare in English. Related: Aspired; aspiring.
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