ascendant

英 [əˈsendənt]

美 [əˈsendənt]

adj.  向上的；优越的；占支配地位的
n.  优势；运星；支配地位

复数：ascendants　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.24220 / COCA.23793

习惯用语

n.

in the ascendant
• （权力、影响等）越来越大；日益受欢迎
  being or becoming more powerful or popular

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎
  If someone or something isin the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
  1. Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant...
     激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
  2. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
     为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

双语例句

• But how will Washington shape regional rules when China has emerged as the ascendant power?
  然而，在中国崛起成为一支新兴强国之际，美国将如何影响区域规则？
• The movement is now in the ascendant.
  这场运动方兴未艾。
• The economically ascendant class; D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe.
  经济中占支配地位的阶级；英国货币改为十进制被认为是欧洲战争中最重要的事件。
• While his career was in the ascendant, bissell's private life was causing him increasingly sever problems.
  正当他的事业如日中天时，比斯尔的私生活却给他带来许多问题。
• They take a lot more notice of him now that his star is in the ascendant.
  由于他处于优越地位，他们就更加注意他了。
• Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant
  激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
• 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。
• I have no brother and sister, growing up lonely and ascendant in this common family.
  我没有兄弟姐妹，在这样一个普通的家庭里，优越且孤寂的成长。
• Our star is in the ascendant, my friend.
  我的朋友，我们的星座上升。
• Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
  为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？