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单词 aspiration
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aspirationnoun

uk/ˌæs.pɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæs.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/

aspiration noun (HOPE)

C2 [ C usually plural, U ] something that you hope to achieve:

I've never had any political aspirations.
It's a story about the lives and aspirations of poor Irish immigrants.

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  • It is important to encourage children's dreams and aspirations.
  • Do these house and garden makeover shows really reflect the aspirations of the average British family?
  • Having had little education herself, she had very high educational aspirations for her children.
  • He worked hard to fulfil his childhood aspiration to become a surgeon.
  • Trade union leaders said they were fighting for the hopes and aspirations of their members.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Goals and purposes

  • affordance
  • aim
  • ambition
  • avail
  • cause 1
  • dedicated
  • deliverable
  • end
  • KPI
  • object
  • objective
  • order
  • orientation
  • point
  • poodle
  • poodle around (sth)
  • prize
  • should
  • use
  • utility

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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing

aspiration noun (PHONETICS)

[ U ] the noise that is made when air escapes after a plosive consonant sound:

In English, aspiration is an important feature in whether we hear a sound as /p/ or /b/ at the beginning of a word.

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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

  • alveolar
  • approximant
  • articulatory
  • assimilation
  • clear l
  • clipped
  • consonant
  • inflection
  • nasalization
  • onomatopoeia
  • palatal
  • palato-alveolar
  • pharyngeal
  • phoneme
  • pronounce
  • silent letter
  • velum
  • voiced
  • vowel
  • weak form

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