| 单词 | aspirant |
| 释义 | aspirant (once / 3437 pages) nadj Ambition is the name of the game for an aspirant, a young person who sets her sights on rising to the top in her chosen field. Every young person who wishes on a star for fame and fortune is an aspirant. Used mostly as a noun, the word also works as an adjective — describing the desire to move up the corporate ladder, to receive national recognition for saving the world, or to achieve success on the Broadway stage — whatever one aspires to: "The aspirant dancer had to start her career as an understudy to the prima ballerina." WORD FAMILYaspirant: aspirants+/aspiration: aspirations/aspire: aspirant, aspiration, aspired, aspirer, aspires, aspiring/aspirer: aspirers/aspiring: aspiringly USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a recurring promise among presidential aspirants in South Korea. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Those, though, were only appetizers to Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” in which they star as two flailing aspirants trying to make it in LA. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) At night he would go to local hot spots and hobnob with other aspirants and the occasional star. New York Times(Nov 11, 2016) 1n an ambitious and aspiring young person a lofty aspirant Syn|Hyper aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee applicant, applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission 2adj desiring or striving for recognition or advancement Syn aspiring, wishful ambitious having a strong desire for success or achievement |
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