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vaulting ambition
phrase
disapproving
a strong wish to be extremely successful, powerful, rich, etc. and a belief that this is more important than anything else: 野心;奢望
He sacrificed his marriage to his vaulting political ambition.他牺牲了婚姻来实现自己的政治野心。
He was a man of vaulting ambition with the intellect to match.
She writes with huge assurance and vaulting ambition.
His gentle voice belies his vaulting ambition.
Reckless investments were attributable largely to his vaulting ambition.
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vaultingadjective
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