(499) Word / aspire

 Peco-chan wearing a face mask in a Matsuyama shopping mall.

  Andrew Cuomo知事はニューヨーク州にアメリカ全土から寄贈されてくる、沢山のマスクに対してtweeted as follows;
Our politicians should aspire to be at least half as good as the American people.
2020/4/30 2:00 am Japan time

  Governor Cuomo’s tweets can reach me better than Prime minister Abe’s, though English is the second language for me. I really feel that most of Japan’s politicians don’t work properly against this corona virus crisis.

aspire / to have a strong desire to achieve something [+to]
students aspire to a career in law.
(LONGMAN Active Study Dictionary)

aspire / aspire to sth/to do sth;
She aspired to become president of the company.
(NOVA OXFORD DICTIONARY)
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