tham vọng
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Definition
- Noun:
- Ambition: A strong desire to achieve something significant, such as success, power, or fame. This is the core and most common meaning.
- Overreaching ambition / Aspiration: A desire or wish that is exceptionally large, often exceeding one's current capabilities or realistic possibilities, and may be difficult to attain.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cô ấy có tham vọng trở thành giám đốc điều hành. (She has the ambition to become a CEO.)
- Tham vọng chinh phục thị trường quốc tế của họ rất lớn. (Their ambition to conquer the international market is vast.)
- Đó là một tham vọng khó có thể thực hiện được. (That is an ambition that is difficult to achieve.)
Advanced Usage
- The word can carry a neutral or positive connotation when describing a strong, driving goal. It can also carry a slightly negative connotation when implying an excessive, unrealistic, or overly greedy desire.
- Hắn ta bị tham vọng quyền lực làm mờ mắt. (He was blinded by his ambition for power.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tham vọng hóa (v): to aspire to, to aim ambitiously for (a less common verbal form).
- Công ty tham vọng hóa thị trường toàn cầu. (The company aspires to the global market.)
Synonyms
- Ambition: A strong desire for achievement.
- Aspiration: A hope or ambition of achieving something.
- Drive: Determination to achieve something.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Nuôi tham vọng: to harbor/nurse an ambition.
- Anh ấy nuôi tham vọng viết một cuốn tiểu thuyết vĩ đại. (He harbors the ambition to write a great novel.)
Tham vọng ngầm: a hidden/ulterior ambition.
- Sự tử tế của hắn ẩn chứa một tham vọng ngầm. (His kindness concealed a hidden ambition.)
noun
- ambition