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aspire to something
phrasal verb with aspireverbuk /əˈspaɪər/ us /əˈspaɪr/
C2
to have a strong wish or hope to do or have something: 追求;渴望;有志于
Few people who aspire to fame ever achieve it.追求显达名声的人很少能如愿以偿。
[ + to infinitive ]As a child, he aspired to be a great writer.孩提时他渴望成为一名伟大的作家。
She has the kind of lifestyle most of us aspire to.
The majority of people don't aspire to greatness - they just want to be normal.
From a young age, he aspired to be an Olympic medal winner.
He quickly reached standards of musicianship that the rest of us can only aspire to.
She's just a young soap opera actress but she aspires to great Hollywood roles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
ache for something
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle for something
desperate
expense
fancy
hunger
hunger after/for something
hungrily
hungry
pine
set your heart on something/doing somethingidiom
set your sights on somethingidiom
shook
shopping list
sight
someone's heart's desireidiom
straw
aspire to something | American Dictionary
aspire to something
phrasal verb with aspireverb
us/əˈspɑɪər ˌtu, tʊ, tə/
to have a strong hope to do or have something:
Rebecca worked as a waitress but aspired to be a dancer.
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