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单词 ambitious
释义 am·bi·tious
\amˈbishəs, aam-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English ambicious, from Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio + -osus -ous
1.
 a. : having or controlled by ambition : eager for rank, fame, or power
  < ambitious Rome — Edmund Spenser >
 b. : having a desire to succeed or to achieve a particular goal : aspiring
  < ambitious youths … turned to the law as a congenial career — V.L.Parrington >
2. obsolete : rising, towering
 < the ambitious ocean — Shakespeare >
3. : resulting from, characterized by, or showing ambition: as
 a. : extensive, elaborate
  < the most ambitious life of Washington … began appearing in 1948 — Walter Trohan >
 b. : pretentious, showy
  < in a hard-cover book where I expect something more ambitious — Marston Bates >
am·bi·tious·ly adverb
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