aspiration

英 [æspə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美['æspə'reʃən]

• n. 渴望；抱负；送气；吸气；吸引术

1. a will to succeed

2. a cherished desire;

"his ambition is to own his own business"

3. a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

4. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing