ambitious
adjective uk/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ us/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
B2 有抱负的;志向远大的;雄心勃勃的
having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich
an ambitious young lawyer 雄心勃勃的年轻律师
He's very ambitious for his children (= he wants them to be successful). 他望子成龙。
B2 （计划、想法）要求过高的；需要极大努力及才干的；费劲的
If a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a great amount of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved.
She has some ambitious plans for her business. 她雄心勃勃，打算扩大经营规模。
The government has announced an ambitious plan to modernize the railway network. 政府已经宣布了实现铁路网现代化的宏伟规划。
The original completion date was over-ambitious, so we have had to delay the opening. 当初在确定完工日期的时候太雄心勃勃，后来我们不得不把落成典礼推迟。
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- She's very ambitious but I doubt she'll ever make it to the top.
- He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.
- The government is persisting with its ambitious public works programme.
- We're all ambitious - it seems to run in the family.
- Robert is a self-centred, ambitious, and bigoted man.