political ambition

基本解释

There are Eric Cantors everywhere — reckless baby boomer politicians for whom no crisis is too serious to set aside political ambition and ideology.
政坛里到处都是埃里克•坎特斯（美国众议院多数党领袖）—对这些鲁莽的婴儿潮一代的政客来说，再严重的危机都不比他的政治野心和意识形态更重要。
With the return of growth comes a different set of problems. They include the political ambition of Henrique Meirelles, the governor of the Central Bank
经济翻转成长衍生了各种不同问题，其中包括中央银行行长Henrique Meirelles的政治野心
Iran’s attempts to gain supremacy in the region are not triggered by political ambition as much as by a racist drive that pushes Iranians to prove they are superior, the professor said.
伊朗日争夺地区霸权不仅仅是基于政治野心，这也是波斯人急于证明自己是比阿拉伯人更优越的民族。

The ambition in some ways to unite philosophy and politics has been a recurring dream of political philosophy ever since Plato.
企图结合,哲学与政治的想法,一直是政治哲学永不中断的梦想,打从柏拉图开始即是如此。
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The ambition that I'm describing is a public and political one.
我所描述的雄心,是在公众和政治方面。
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Instead, the President has chosen to abuse the powers of his office to serve his political ambition.
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Youth can also be a driver of political ambition, as seen by five of the other youngest on the list.
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