- lofty [soaring] aspirations; great ambitions; great and lofty aspirations; have lofty aims or noble ambitions; high hopes and great ambition; lofty aspirations and great ideals; lofty aspirations and high aims [ideals]; lofty ideals and high aspirations:
set high aims and have lofty aspirations; set one's sights high;
树立雄心壮志
We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.
我们有雄心壮志,到本世纪末,使工农业生产总值翻两番。