English-Thai Dictionary

ambitious

ADJ ทะเยอทะยาน  aspiring enterprising tha-yoe-tha-yan

 

ambitious

ADJ ยาก  ลำบาก  ที่ ต้อง ใช้ ความพยายาม สูง  yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMBITIOUS

a. 1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority or excellence; aspiring; eager for fame; followed by of before a noun; as ambitious of glory.
2. Showy; adapted to command notice or praise; as, ambitious ornaments.
3. Figuratively, eager to swell or rise higher; as, the ambitious ocean.

 

AMBITIOUSLY

adv. In an ambitious manner; with an eager desire after preferment, or superiority.

 

AMBITIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being ambitious; ambition. Being nearly synonymous with ambition, it is not often used.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMBITIOUS

Am *bi "tious, a. Etym: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition. ]

 

1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak.

 

2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something. I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. Evelyn. Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain. Cowper.

 

3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue. .. Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. Collins.

 

AMBITIOUSLY

AMBITIOUSLY Am *bi "tious *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ambitious manner.

 

AMBITIOUSNESS

AMBITIOUSNESS Am *bi "tious *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ambitious

am bi tious |amˈbiSHəs æmˈbɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed: his mother was hard-working and ambitious for her four children. • (of a plan or piece of work ) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve: the scope of the book is very ambitious | an ambitious enterprise. DERIVATIVES am bi tious ly adverb, am bi tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio (see ambition ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ambitious

am |bi ¦tious |amˈbɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed: a ruthlessly ambitious woman. • (of a plan or piece of work ) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve: an ambitious enterprise. DERIVATIVES ambitiously adverb, ambitiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio (see ambition ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ambitious

ambitious adjective 1 an energetic and ambitious politician: aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, motivated, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, purposeful, power-hungry; informal go-getting, go-ahead. ANTONYMS lazy, laid-back. 2 he was ambitious to make it to the top: eager, determined, enthusiastic, anxious, hungry, impatient, striving. 3 an ambitious task: difficult, exacting, demanding, formidable, challenging, hard, arduous, onerous, tough; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ambitious

ambitious adjective 1 he was an exceptionally energetic, ambitious, and intelligent politician: aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry, power-hungry; informal on the make. ANTONYMS unambitious, lazy. 2 he was ambitious to make it to the top: eager, determined, enthusiastic, desirous, anxious, hungry, impatient, striving, yearning, longing, wishing, itching, dying, hoping, avid, hankering; intent on; informal raring. 3 an ambitious task: difficult, exacting, demanding, formidable, challenging, hard, arduous, onerous, tough, stiff, strenuous; bold, grandiose, extravagant, monumental; informal killing, hellish; Brit. informal knackering; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS unambitious, easy; modest.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ambitious

am bi tious /æmbɪ́ʃəs / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →ambition 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人が 〉 «…しようと /…に対して » 熱望して , 野心を持って «to do /for , of » ; 野心のある ▸ The mother was very ambitious for her only son .母親は一人息子の将来に大きな望みを抱いていた ▸ an ambitious reporter 野心的な記者 2 〈計画 考えなどが 〉野心的な, 大規模な ▸ an ambitious project [goal ]大がかりな計画 [大いなる目標 ]～ly 副詞 野心的に .～ness 名詞