Ambition

I guess Mr. Goldwater figures why should the lazy loafers be supported by people like him who have had the ambition and intelligence to inherit a department store.
我猜想Goldwater先生在想为什么象他自己那样一直雄心勃勃要继承百货商场的聪明人要支持懒惰的流浪汉。
注：讽刺这位先生是表面上雄心勃勃，实际上也只是想靠继承财产过日子。

I have the ambition to inherit some property.
我雄心勃勃想继承一些财产。

追求男女平等的女人缺少雄心。
Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
注：有雄心的女人不只是表面上喊着“要男女平等”，她们在努力去做事儿，象吴仪。

One of my boyhood ambitions was to become a doctor. The headmaster supported the idea. At least I had the handwriting for it.
我小时候的理想是当一名医生，校长也支持我的想法，至少我有当医生的笔迹。
注：医生的字一般都写得很潦草。

My old man had only two ambitions in life. One was that I should never follow him down the mines, and the other that I should run for President..
我老爸一生中只有两个雄心，一是我决不能再跟他一样下煤矿了，另一个是我应该去竞选总统。
注：这个老爸想让儿子一步登天，真是够有雄心的。