aspire

英 [?'spa??] 美[?'spa?r]

IELTSGRE考研CET6+TEM8低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?aspires;過去式:?aspired;過去分詞:?aspired;現(xiàn)在分詞:?aspiring;

aspire 渴望

前綴a-同ad-. 詞根spir, 呼吸, 見inspire, 吸入，啟迪。

aspire: aspire: see spirit
aspire (v.): "strive for," c. 1400, from Old French aspirer "aspire to; inspire; breathe, breathe on" (12c.), from Latin aspirare "to breathe upon, blow upon, to breathe," also, in transferred senses, "to be favorable to, assist; to climb up to, to endeavor to obtain, to reach to, to seek to reach; infuse," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). The notion is of "panting with desire," or perhaps of rising smoke. Related: Aspired; aspiring.

1. Unlike the Acer Aspire, 2 D photos and videos can't be viewed in 3 D on the Asus.: 與宏碁Aspire不同, 在華碩電腦上不能以3D模式觀看2D照片和視頻.

2. For us, it's something that we may aspire to but can never attain.: 對我們來說, 那是可望而不可即的.

3. Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in four months.: 瑪麗雄心很大,竟想在四個月里學(xué)會用漢語流利地會話.

4. That is not something I particulary aspire to at this moment.: 目前,這不是我特別向往的.

5. Any man endowed with the required qualities can aspire to the status.: 任何賦有所要求的這種品質(zhì)的人,都可以爭取得到這種地位.