| 释义 |
ambitionist rare.|æmˈbɪʃənɪst|
[f. ambition n. + -ist.]
One who is ruled by ambition.
1655Trapp Marrow of Auth. (1868) 812/1 Oh, therefore that our aspiring ambitionists would but measure themselves by their own model. 1657― Comm. Esther v. 5 Cæsar Borgia, that restless ambitionist. 1827Carlyle Misc. (1857) IV. 146 (D.) Napoleon..became a selfish ambitionist and quack. |