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单词 aspire
释义 aspire
 —aspirer,  n.   —aspiringly,  adv.  
 /euh spuyeur"/,  v.i.  , aspired, aspiring.
  1. to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, esp. for something great or of high value (usually fol. by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
  2.  Archaic.   to rise up; soar; mount; tower.
 [1425-75; late ME ( < MF aspirer) < L aspirare to breathe upon, pant after, equiv. to a- A-5 + spirare to breathe, blow]
 Syn. 1. yearn.
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