汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 壮志未酬
壮志未酬 (壯志未酬)
have one's wish frustrated / die before the fulfillment of one's ambition / with one's lofty aspirations unrealized
酬 achieve / The old refers to the life, the ambition is not achievable / It also refers to the death of the ambition
() zhuàng zhì wèi chóu
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

现在完全没有迹象表明壮志未酬的国务卿有意撒手离去——或是如谣传的通过竞选纽约州州长而重返政坛。

There is absolutely no indication that the Secretary is frustrated to the point of jumping ship — or returning to politics as a candidate for governor of New York, as has been rumored.

其实在这两种风格之外,还有这样一类词:它们以戏谑诙谐的口吻,或表达怀才不遇的愤怒,揭示社会现实的黑暗,在自嘲中抒发壮志未酬的苦闷,或反映琐碎生活中的细小乐事。

Some mocked himself in have no way to serve the motherland and to express the boredom, some reflect life on talking about small pleasure—This is the humorous Ci of Xin Qiji.