The master, Mr. Dobbins, had reached middle age with an unsatisfied ambition.(老師，杜賓斯先生已經到了中年，但他追求的目標還沒達到。)

His ruthless ambition and drive for self-promotion have not made him popular among his co-workers.(他不擇手段的野心和自抬身價的驅動未能使他在同事間受歡迎。)

It was the realization of his greatest ambition.(這就實現了他的宏偉抱負。)

In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.(在我年輕時我的抱負曾是當一名發明家。)

She was a very well educated girl with a lively mind, a girl with ambition.(她是一個非常有教養、頭腦活躍、有抱負的女孩。)

Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition.(進入耶魯大學可能意味著有智慧、才能和雄心。)

It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty.(他的雄心是在30歲以前積攢100萬美元。)

Broadcasting his ambition was "very much my decision," McGee says.(麥吉說，宣揚他的抱負“在很大程度上是我的決定”。)

Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog.(雷納爾德從不掩飾他要成為領軍人物的雄心。)

She has no personal ambition.(她沒有個人野心。)

用作名詞(n.)

His ambition has come true.
他的抱負實現了。His ambition knows no limits.
他的野心是無止境的。Ambition often overleaps itself.
抱負常因過高而不能實現；野心常因過大而招致失敗。His ruin was that the ambition had laid hold of him.
他之所以毀滅，是由于野心迷住了他的心竅。His political ambitions still burn.
他的政治野心依然熾烈。Her frustrated ambitions have made her extremely bitter and cynical.
她的抱負受挫使她極其地辛酸悲痛和憤世。His ambition is to be a lawyer.
他的志向是當律師。Her lifelong ambition was to be a teacher.
她的夙愿就是當一名教師。His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.
他的雄心是最終開一家自己的公司。His greatest ambition is to make good wine.
他的最大愿望就是釀出美酒。He described his ambitions and ideals.
他描述了自己的理想和抱負。After leaving the diplomatic service he developed Parliamentary ambitions.
他離開外交界后，又在議會方面大展宏圖。He has very high ambitions.
他有很高的志向。She denies that she has any political ambitions.
她否認自己有任何政治上的野心。She has great ambitions but little talent.
她志大才疏。She's clever but she lacks ambition.
她很聰明，但是沒有抱負。The leaders of both parties have presidential ambitions.
兩個黨派的領導者都有想當總統的野心。The important question is whether he is prepared to go to war to achieve his territorial ambitions.
重要的問題是他是否已準備好發動戰爭以實現他的領土野心。She has no personal ambition.
她沒有個人野心。Knowledge of inequality has stimulated envy, ambition and greed.
不平等意識是妒忌、野心和貪婪之源。Nothing would stop me from achieving my ambition.
沒有什么能阻止我實現我的抱負。You will not be able to achieve your ambition if you do not work hard.
如果你不努力，你的志向就不會實現。She doubts whether she'll ever be able to fulfil her ambition.
她懷疑是否能夠實現自己的抱負。He has ambition and works hard to get a salary increase.
他有上進心，努力工作爭取能加薪。The big house on the hill is my ambition.
小山上那所大房子是我所企望得到的。He has already achieved his main ambition of life—to become wealthy.
他已經實現了生活中的主要目標——變得富有。Lack of ambition might be his problem.
他的問題也許是在于胸無大志。He attributes his failure to a lack of ambition.
他把自己的失敗歸因于缺少抱負。His father was disappointed by his lack of ambition.
他父親對他沒有抱負感到失望。One of his ambitions is to study abroad.
他的抱負之一是出國留學。To be a physicist was the height of his ambition.
他的最大抱負是當一個物理學家。Macbeth is full of ambition.
麥克白充滿野心。The politician is full of ambition; one of his ambitions is to become a minister.
這位從政者雄心勃勃，其抱負之一就是當一名部長。She's got a lot of ambition, so she's bound to be successful.
她很有雄心，因此一定會成功的。My family are more important to me than politics and personal ambition.
我的家庭對我來說比政治和個人抱負更為重要。No one could set measures to his ambitions.
沒有人能限制其野心。He burns with an ambition.
他野心勃勃。A student who is filled with ambition usually studies hard.
一個胸懷大志的學生通常是刻苦學習的。He died with only one unfulfilled ambition, which was to take photographs on a spaceflight.
他死時只有一個抱負未實現，即在宇宙飛行中拍攝照片。

用作名詞 (n.)

動詞+～

abet sb's ambition of助長某人…的野心achieve one's ambition實現抱負attain one's ambition實現抱負awaken an ambition喚起野心check sb's ambition挫敗某人的野心cherish the ambition of懷有…的野心cultivate the ambition培植雄心entertain an ambition懷有抱負frustrate sb's ambition挫敗某人的野心fulfil one's ambition遂愿，實現抱負harbour an ambition胸懷壯志，有野心have an ambition有抱負，有野心limit sb's ambition限制某人的強烈欲望lose one's ambition失去抱負，失去方向nourish an ambition for對…懷有抱負nurse the ambition培植雄心realize one's ambition實現抱負restrain sb's ambition限制某人的強烈欲望reveal one's ambition暴露野心spur sb's ambition激起某人的雄心stir sb's ambition激起某人的雄心thwart sb's ambition挫敗某人的野心

形容詞+～

boundless ambition無窮的欲望burning ambition熾烈的欲望cherished ambition夙愿commendable ambition值得稱道的志向disappointed ambition未酬的壯志，落空的野心domineering ambition稱霸的野心fierce ambition強烈的愿望frustrated ambition受挫的雄心great ambition偉大的抱負high ambition崇高的志向highest ambition最高志向honourable ambition高尚的抱負insatiable ambition貪得無厭的野心laudable ambition值得稱贊的志向legitimate ambition正當的志向lifelong ambition終生抱負lofty ambition高尚的抱負long-cherished ambition夙愿long-standing ambition夙愿noble ambition高尚的志向overweening ambition過分自信的抱負personal ambition個人野心political ambitions政治抱負ruling ambition主宰一切的野心territorial ambitions領土野心unbridled ambition狂妄的野心universal ambition人皆有之的愿望unrealized ambition未實現的抱負vulgar ambition卑劣的野心

介詞+～

be moderate in ambition在抱負上適可而止be full of ambition野心勃勃out of ambition出于野心without ambition胸無大志，沒有野心

～+介詞

ambition for對…的野心ambition for aggression侵略的野心ambition for fame and gain追逐名利的野心ambition for political power對政治權力的野心ambition of one's life一生中的理想

I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?