aspired v. 向往;热望(aspire的过去分词)
- The boy aspired to become an engineer.
这男孩渴望“成为”工程师。 - At that time, all serious artists aspired to go to Rome and paint.
那时,所有严肃的画家都渴望去罗马作画。 - She greatly admired the work of her predecessors, the Queens Amidala and Jamillia, and aspired to govern as justly as they did.
她非常仰慕前任女王阿米达拉与贾米丽娅的成就,立志要像她们那样公正地治理国家。
Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aspired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Aspiring}.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See {Aspirate}, v.
t.]
1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high
or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after,
and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
after immorality.
Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. --Pope.
2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
My own breath still foments the fire,
Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.