ascendant

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n. 支配地位, 优势, 运星 a. 上升的, 占优势的

发音

UK /əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/
其它
US /əˈsɛndənt/

词形变化

ascendants 复数 ascendants more ascendant 比较级 most ascendant 最高级

别名

ascendent adscendent

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.

    比喻 宗教 哲学
  2. 2.

    Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”).

    比喻 引申义

    One man has the ascendant over another.

  4. 4.

    An ancestor.

    引申义
  5. 5.

    A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power.

    废旧 引申义

    Given his father’s ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.

  6. 6.

    Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).

    废旧 引申义
  7. 7.

    Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.

    废旧 引申义
  8. 8.

    A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.

    废旧 罕用 引申义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Moving upward; ascending, rising.

  2. 2.

    Controlling, dominant, surpassing.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.

    宗教 哲学
  4. 4.

    Rising towards the zenith.

    天文
  5. 5.

    Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”).

    生物 植物学 医学
  6. 6.

    Synonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”).

    古体 废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

root ancestor antecedent ascendent

上位词 8

control relative relation dominance ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency

下位词 9

father sire forebear forefather ancestress forbear foremother primogenitor progenitor
形容词

同义词 2

ascendent ascensive

近义相关 2

dominant ascending

相关短语

Land of the Ascendant Sun Land of the Rising Sun 旭日之国 in the ascendant 处于升势,正在上升,蒸蒸日上

词源

PIE word *h₂éd The adjective is derived from Late Middle English ascendent (“ascending, rising; increasing in quantity; (astronomy) rising above the horizon”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French ascendant, from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)). The English word is analysable as ascend (verb) + -ant (suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of ‘doing [the verbal actions]’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective, though it is attested earlier than the latter.

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