ascendancy

英 [əˈsendənsi]

美 [əˈsendənsi]

n.  支配地位; 优势; 影响

GRE

BNC.14964 / COCA.17325

牛津词典

noun

• 支配地位；优势；影响
  the position of having power or influence over sb/sth
  1. moral/political/intellectual ascendancy
     道德影响；政治支配地位；智力优势
  2. The opposition party was in the ascendancy (= gaining control) .
     反对党已渐占优势。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 优势;权势;支配地位
  If one group hasascendancyover another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
  1. Although geographically linked, the two provinces have long fought for political ascendancy...
     尽管在地理上彼此依存，两省却长期为获取政治支配权你争我夺。
  2. The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
     极端分子正逐渐占据上风。

英英释义

noun

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
  1. her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
  Synonym:dominanceascendanceascendenceascendencycontrol

双语例句

• The opposition party was in the ascendancy.
  反对党已渐占优势。
• Patten alliance-based anti-monopoly review mainly consists of Cartel Regulation and the forbiddance of abusing market ascendancy.
  专利联盟的反垄断审查主要包括卡特尔管制和滥用市场支配地位行为禁止。
• They are in danger of losing their political ascendancy.
  他们正面临失去政治优势的危险。
• At present the wet methods seem to be in the ascendancy.
  目前看来湿法似占优势。
• Kennedy saw the liberal dawn that was heralded by the New Frontier and the Great Society give way to a long conservative ascendancy.
  肯尼迪目睹了由“新边疆”[2]和“伟大社会”[3]开启的自由主义清晨让位于保守主义漫长的统治。
• This spirited action established the ascendancy of the British fleet in the Mediterranean and Italian prestige suffered a blow from which it never recovered.
  这一场令人兴奋的战斗确定了英国舰队在地中海的优势，而意大利的威望却受到了一次打击，从此一蹶不振。
• Aristotle's science had acquired ascendancy.
  亚里斯多德的科学早已盛行一时。
• Two radically different forms of government are competing for ascendancy.
  两种根本上不同的政体正在为取得支配地位而相互竞争。
• However, the point missing in the whole debate is perhaps the fact that in the revolving cycle of the rise and fall of the great powers China is on the ascendancy.
  然而，整个辩论中可能缺少了一个点，那就是在大国沉浮的循环中，中国处于上升状态。
• They established their ascendancy.
  他们确立了他们的支配地位。