英 [əˈspaɪə(r)] 美 [əˈspaɪər]
v. 渴望，有志于
第三人称单数aspires
现在分词aspiring
过去式aspired
过去分词aspired
aspire /əˈspaɪə/ CET6+ TEM8 [ aspiring aspired aspires ]
不及物动词 If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it. 有志 (于)
...people who aspire to public office.
…志在获得公职的人们。
Rice aspired to go to college.
赖斯渴望上大学。
→see alsoaspiring
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
同义词： draw a bead on / aim / shoot for
立志
... persevere/vi. 坚持；不屈不挠；固执己见（在辩论中） aspire/vi. 渴望；追求；立志 inspire/vt. 激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感 ...
渴望(Aspire)：是一家以经营欧式灯为主的大型高端灯饰企业。在欧式灯的设计和制造上，拥有丰富的经验和灵感。
... n.愿望,渴望 aspire v.有雄心;立志 aspirin n.阿斯匹林 ...
... aspiration n.强烈的愿望，志向，抱负；渴望达到的目的；送气音 aspire vi.渴望；追求；有志于 aspirin n.阿司匹林，乙酰水杨酸 ...
aspiring 有抱负的；追求…的；高耸的
aspirational 有雄心壮志的；（生活形态等）梦寐以求的
aspiring 立志（aspire的ing形式）
Nor do they aspire to such command themselves.
他们自己也不渴望这样的命令。
Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.
玛丽雄心很大， 竟立志在四个月里学会用汉语流利地会话。
Men aspire to be able to show off their six packs or their V-shape backs and there's a growing market of slimming pills aimed at men too.
男性渴望展示自己的六块腹肌或 V 型后背，针对男性的减肥药市场也在不断增长。
Not all of the novels aspire to or have as their purpose that kind of difficulty that sometimes English majors really want.
不是所有的小说都希望或者拥有,英语主修生想到的那种难度。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It was the ideal embraced by priests and nuns, and it was the ideal to which all Christians theoretically at least were in a position to aspire to.
这是牧师和修女们所拥护的理想，这也是基督教徒们理论上,至少是理应渴望的理想。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He seems to be more interested in the evils that human beings do than the goods to which they aspire.
他似乎对人类所做的坏事,而非他们想要做的善事,更感兴趣。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Since releasing its first Aspire One in July 2008, Acer has grabbed the lead in global netbook shipments.
Enhanced models of Acer's flagship Aspire series of the tablet-laptop hybrid were also unveiled Monday.
You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.