Her ambition to map the ocean floor drove her to spend years aboard research vessels in remote waters.
她绘制海底地图的雄心驱使她在偏远海域的研究船上度过了多年。
Which choice best defines “ambition”?
A — Desire for success. “ambition” means desire for success.
Which word means “desire for success”?
B — ambition. “ambition” means desire for success.
ambition — desire for success. In Chinese: 雄心，抱负.
ambition is pronounced /æmˈbɪʃn/.
Her ambition to map the ocean floor drove her to spend years aboard research vessels in remote waters. (她绘制海底地图的雄心驱使她在偏远海域的研究船上度过了多年。)
aspiration, drive, determination — all close in meaning to ambition (desire for success).
apathy, indifference — each the opposite of ambition (desire for success).
Yes. ambition is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ambi(all around)+tion(noun)