英语词汇“aspire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINaspire

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French aspirer, from Latin aspirare ‘to breathe on’, from ad- ‘to, on to’ + spirare ‘to breathe’

VERB TABLE

aspire

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	aspire
	he, she, it	aspires
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	aspired
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have aspired
	he, she, it	has aspired
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had aspired
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will aspire
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have aspired

Continuous Form
Present	I	am aspiring
	he, she, it	is aspiring
	you, we, they	are aspiring
Past	I, he, she, it	was aspiring
	you, we, they	were aspiring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been aspiring
	he, she, it	has been aspiring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been aspiring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be aspiring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been aspiring

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

How he must have aspired to rise up forcefully, his yearning impregnating the walls with a similar passion.
Laura had always aspired to the very best within a certain budget; her budget had now expanded.
What he aspired to was the union of southern Anglian peoples under the leadership of a Mercian king and a Mercian archbishop.

Longman Language Activatorto have an aim in life that you want to achieve► want

: to be something · What do you want to be when you grow up, Clare?· You don't really want to be a hairdresser, do you?to do something · I never want to work in a factory, having seen the effect it had on my father.· I want to see life, to travel the world, and write about what I see.

► aspire to

formal to want a better job, way of life, position etc than the one you have now: · She was a struggling writer aspiring to fame.· He aspired to artistic perfection in all his paintings.aspire to do something: · He aspired to become President.

► would-be

also wannabe informal: would-be actor/writer etc someone who hopes to be an actor, writer etc: · The Drama Centre is a great help for all would-be actors and actresses.· Moon beat all the other wannabe quarterbacks, and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks.

► aspiring

: aspiring teacher/model/poet etc someone who wants to be a teacher, model, poet etc and is just starting work or training: · a part-time course for aspiring chefs· Like a lot of aspiring New York artists, Lara worked in bars and restaurants in the evenings.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► to

· Since then he has created a garden few of us would aspire to after a lifetime of gardening.· Partnerships differ in scope, purpose and specific orientation and in the nature of relationship they aspire to.· Billy Egan and Terry Place had not quite risen to their ranks, although Egan at least had aspired to.· But I also know that Gordon Wilson's view is the only one worth aspiring to.· What he aspired to was the union of southern Anglian peoples under the leadership of a Mercian king and a Mercian archbishop.· What finer sepulchre of honour could any Marine ever aspire to?· It's a description to aspire to.· As in Darcy's Utopia, in the future we aspire to.

NOUN► man

· To hold such a cure, a man must aspire to the crown of humanity.· If the model democratic citizen is active, participating, and influential, is this what the ordinary man aspires to be?· The cultivation of creativity is the most important requirement of men who aspire to the highest reaches of the transcendent world.· Before he made that call, he would have said he was a man who aspired to peace, and rest.· Police earnings in the 1920s were substantial by comparison with most other occupations to which a working man could aspire.· What then were the hurdles facing a young man aspiring to a scholarly career in the early sixteenth century?· When I was a young man, aspiring detectives would attend at autopsies on their rest days, just for experience.

► people

· It is a sign of the economic desperation that young people even aspire to work in impoverished Moscow and Bucharest.· Sir Adrian believes that today young people aspiring to careers in industry should seriously think about setting up their own small firms.· To be a good business man is the epitome of development and these learned people secretly aspire to that goal.· This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind.