ascendancy

n. 优势, 支配地位

发音

其它 /əˈsɛndənsi/

词形变化

ascendancies 复数 ascendancies

别名

ascendency

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

    优势

    支配地位

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.

    爱尔兰 可数 历史 不可数
  3. 3.

    A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

    可数 不可数 生物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

control dominance ascendance ascendence ascendency

上位词 2

condition status

下位词 10

rule tyranny regulation monopoly dominion domination supremacy mastery ascendant predominance

词源

From ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz.

来源：wiktionary