英语词汇“aspiration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1n 2n 3n

If your aspiration, or ambition, is to climb Mt. Everest someday, you better start training, because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation.

Aspiration means "inhalation" or "breathing." So how did it come to mean "ambition" or "the will to succeed"? The Latin gives us a clue: spirare ("to breathe") and spiritus ("spirit"). It was once believed that our breath was our soul or spirit, which might explain why we talk about "breathing life into" something, or coming up with energy and ideas to invigorate it. How else to breathe life into something than with ambition and drive, in other words, "spirit"?

WORD FAMILY

aspiration: aspirations+/aspirant: aspirants/aspire: aspirant, aspiration, aspired, aspirer, aspires, aspiring/aspirer: aspirers/aspiring: aspiringly

USAGE EXAMPLES

The news was devastating: I assumed a lifetime of “difference” and exclusion, all my aspirations for my child seemingly in tatters.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

He is determined to earn a degree from a prestigious university to back up his professional basketball aspirations.

Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Naypyidaw, the grand but empty capital Myanmar’s generals built for themselves, means “abode of kings”, a hint at their aspirations.

The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)

1n a cherished desire

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

ambition, dream

American Dream

the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did

emulation

ambition to equal or excel

nationalism

the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

desire

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

2n a will to succeed

Hyper

ambition, ambitiousness

a strong drive for success

n a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

Hyper

articulation

the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

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

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake

gasp, pant

a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

drag, puff, pull

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

toke

a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette

breath

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

单词	aspiration
释义	aspiration (once / 577 pages) 1n 2n 3n If your aspiration, or ambition, is to climb Mt. Everest someday, you better start training, because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation. Aspiration means "inhalation" or "breathing." So how did it come to mean "ambition" or "the will to succeed"? The Latin gives us a clue: spirare ("to breathe") and spiritus ("spirit"). It was once believed that our breath was our soul or spirit, which might explain why we talk about "breathing life into" something, or coming up with energy and ideas to invigorate it. How else to breathe life into something than with ambition and drive, in other words, "spirit"? WORD FAMILY aspiration: aspirations+/aspirant: aspirants/aspire: aspirant, aspiration, aspired, aspirer, aspires, aspiring/aspirer: aspirers/aspiring: aspiringly USAGE EXAMPLES The news was devastating: I assumed a lifetime of “difference” and exclusion, all my aspirations for my child seemingly in tatters. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) He is determined to earn a degree from a prestigious university to back up his professional basketball aspirations. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Naypyidaw, the grand but empty capital Myanmar’s generals built for themselves, means “abode of kings”, a hint at their aspirations. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n a cherished desire Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper ambition, dream American Dream the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did emulation ambition to equal or excel nationalism the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination desire the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state 2n a will to succeed Hyper ambition, ambitiousness a strong drive for success 2 n a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath Hyper articulation the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech 3 n the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake gasp, pant a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open drag, puff, pull a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) toke a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette breath the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
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