ascendant

[英] [əˈsendənt] [美] [əˈsɛndənt] 生词本

adj.

n.

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1. PHRASE 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎 If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things. 
  • Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant...

    激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。

  • Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?

    为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠?

Noun

1. position or state of being dominant or in control;

  • "that idea was in the ascendant"

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Adjective

1. tending or directed upward;

  • "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

2. most powerful or important or influential;

  • "the economically ascendant class"
  • "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
1. Her star seems very much in the ascendant.
她看来吉星高照。

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2. His star was in the ascendant.
他那时正在走运。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》