ascendant
adj. 上升的；有优势的
n. 运星；祖宗
sp. =ascendent.
近义词：upwards，dominant，controlling，governing，ruling，influential，main，principal，leading，chief，rising，ascending，prevailing，mounting，overriding，climbing，upward，soaring，spiraling，ascendent，dominating，ancestor，root，antecedent，ascensive，descendant，
英英释义
Noun
- position or state of being dominant or in control;
"that idea was in the ascendant"
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Adjective
- tending or directed upward;
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
- most powerful or important or influential;
"the economically ascendant class" "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- After the election, our political party was once again in the ascendant.竞选之后，我们的政党又一次变得越来越强大了。
- We still have the ascendant position in world politics.我们在国际政治中仍占优势地位。
- Though he is still a young man his political career is already in the ascendant.他虽然年纪轻轻，可是他在政坛上已青云直上了。
用作名词(n.)
- Her star seems very much in the ascendant.她看来吉星高照。