"ambition" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Chilean Civil War (1891), rather than calming the naval ambitions of Chile, escalated them.
- If France were to lose this port, there was no hope for her naval ambitions.
- This ended his naval ambition, which had led him to consider an application to the British Royal Navy.
- Garth had battled his way to the height of all naval ambition.
- The owners believe that China's naval ambitions as well as a general curiosity about aircraft carriers will result in public interest.
- In Hitler's view, Britain was a fellow "Aryan" power, whose friendship could be won by a German "renunciation" of naval and colonial ambitions against Britain.
- The US, which has 11 fully-capable carrier strike groups, has also expressed concern about its rising naval ambitions.
- Jack Aubrey's naval ambitions and domestic happiness are endangered when peace threatens to break out during the Napoleonic Wars.
- But, sitting in the port in Dalian, the carrier is a clear sign of China's naval ambitions and the shift of power that is likely to bring.
- The strengthened Dutch fleets would prove to be a formidable force, hampering Spain's naval ambitions thereafter.
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