English Dictionary

ambition

/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/

noun

(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

She has a great ambition to become a successful entrepreneur.

意味（1）

(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.

意味（2）

(countable) An object of an ardent desire.

My ambition is to own a helicopter.

意味（3）

A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

意味（4）

(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

意味（5）

(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

I on th' other ſide / Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds, […]