ambitious

adj.

1. 有野心的；有雄心的
   determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
   1. a fiercely ambitious young manager
      雄心勃勃的年轻经理
   2. They were very ambitious for their children (= they wanted them to be successful) .
      他们望子成龙心切。
2. 费力的；耗资的；耗时的
   needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed
   1. the government's ambitious plans for social reform
      政府耗资巨大的社会改革计划

1. ADJ-GRADED 有雄心的；有抱负的；有野心的
   Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
   1. Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all...
      克里斯踌躇满志，决心要将它都做完。
   2. He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.
      他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。
2. ADJ-GRADED 规模宏大的；艰巨的
   An ambitious idea or plan is on a large scale and needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully.
   1. The ambitious project was completed in only nine months...
      这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。
   2. Their goal was extraordinarily ambitious.
      他们的目标极其宏伟。

1. He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
   据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。
2. Chris is so ambitious, so determined to do it all
   克里斯踌躇满志，决心要将它都做完。
3. He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.
   他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。
4. The ambitious project was completed in only nine months
   这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。
5. Their goal was extraordinarily ambitious.
   他们的目标极其宏伟。
6. He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive
   他一直都雄心勃勃，而且极其好胜。
7. He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
   他雄心勃勃，但是想不出自己能如何赢得权力。
8. In the later stages of his directorial career, Orson Welles began work on several ambitious films.
   在其导演生涯的后半阶段，奥森·韦尔斯开始执导起了几部恢宏巨制。
9. Marcus was handsome, dynamic and ambitious.
   马库斯仪表堂堂，精力充沛且雄心勃勃。
10. He is ambitious and susceptible to flattery.
    他雄心勃勃，而且很喜欢听别人的恭维话。
11. This is an ambitious and intriguing movie, full of striking imagery.
    这是一部气势恢宏、引人入胜的电影，充满了动人心魄的瑰丽意象。
12. Complex family relationships interweave with a murder plot in this ambitious new novel
    在这本布局恢宏的新小说中，错综复杂的家庭关系与一起谋杀阴谋交织在一起。
13. Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage
    耶娅觉得她不安分的个性不适合包办的婚姻。
14. I'm as ambitious as the next man. I'd like to manage at the very highest level.
    我和别人一样雄心勃勃，想进入最高管理层。
15. Diplomats now expect the mission to be much less ambitious.
    这一来外交官们估计这次任务会轻松很多。
16. Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then
    如今，女性胸怀大志也能被接受，但那时候不是这样。
17. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term
    我承认我有野心，但我不认为这是个贬义词。
18. She is tough and ambitious.
    她坚韧顽强，满怀抱负。
19. One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.
    人穷志不穷。
20. Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.
    玛丽雄心很大，竟想在四个月里学会用汉语流利地会话。
21. The program is laudably ambitious.
    这项计划雄心勃勃，值得称赞。
22. The author qualified the hero as an ambitious youth.
    作者把主人公描写为一个有抱负的青年。
23. This is an ambitious piece of work.
    这是一件耗时的作品。
24. We are looking for an ambitious young assistant.
    我们正在找一名雄心壮志的青年助手。
25. The man has always been very ambitious.
    这人一向胃口很大。
26. He is an ambitious man.
    他是个有野心的人。
27. He says it is time to set an even more ambitious target.
    他说，现在是时候设定一个更雄心勃勃的目标了。
28. This is an ambitious vision.
    这是一个雄心勃勃的设想。
29. The Master's vision is so ambitious and brilliant that I suppose I can be forgiven a few doubts.
    主教的理想是如此野心勃勃和光辉灿烂，我认为主教会宽恕我对他的一点点怀疑。
30. He is energetic, decisive, optimistic, intelligent and ambitious.
    他是精力充沛的，决定性的和乐观的，聪明的和雄心勃勃的。

adj

1. having a strong desire for success or achievement

2. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
   1. ambitious schedule
   2. performed the most challenging task without a mistake

   Synonym:    challenging