ascend

CET-6 FREQ #19443 ★☆☆☆☆

vi. 上升, 追溯, 登高 vt. 攀登

发音

US /əˈsɛnd/

词形变化

ascended ascendest ascendeth ascending ascends 三单 ascends ascending 现在分词 ascended 过去式 ascended 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To move upward, to fly, to soar.

    不及物

    He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

  2. 2.

    To slope in an upward direction.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To go up.

    及物

    You ascend the stairs and take a right.

  4. 4.

    To succeed a ruler on (the throne).

    及物/不及物

    She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

    She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.

  5. 5.

    To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

    比喻 不及物
  6. 6.

    To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

    Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

  7. 7.

    To become higher in pitch.

    及物 音乐
  8. 8.

    To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.

    Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement.

    Many femcels take extreme measures to 'ascend from femceldom', and Laura describes how she is in the process of improving her looks and personality.

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.

来源:wiktionary