Dictionary entry

Ambition

Pronunciation: /amˈbɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/amˈbɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ပြင်းပြသော ဆန္ဒ၊ ရည်မှန်းချက်။ တိုးတက်ကြီးပွားလိုစိတ်။

Definition

ambition /æm'bÇʃn/ n ~ (to be/do sth) (က) [C] ျပင္းျပေသာ ဆႏၵ၊ ရည္မွန္းခ်က္။ He finally achieved/fulfilled his boyhood ambition to become a pilot. ❍ She has a great/burning ambition to succeed in business. (ခ) [U] တိုးတက္ႀကီးပြားလိုစိတ္။ her driving ambition ❍ He felt his son lacked ambition.

Examples

  1. I had no idea about Jesse’s political ambitions.
  2. His ambition was to become a successful writer.
  3. [achieve/fulfil/realize an ambition] : She seemed set to achieve all her ambitions.
  4. [ambition to do something] : It had been my lifelong ambition to coach a leading team.
  5. A young woman with drive and ambition