| 释义 |
Adjective: ascending u'sending- Moving or going or growing upward
"the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
Noun: ascending u'sending- The act of changing location in an upward direction
- rise, ascent, ascension
Verb: ascend u'send- Travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
- go up - Go back in order of genealogical succession
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly" - Become king or queen
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death" - Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
- climb up - Go along towards (a river's) source
"The boat ascended the Delaware" - Slope upwards
"The path ascended to the top of the hill" - Come up, of celestial bodies
"Jupiter ascends"
- rise, come up, uprise - Move to a better position in life or to a better job
"She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great wealth"
- move up, rise
See also: acclivitous, ascendable, ascendancy, ascendant, ascendent, ascender, ascension, ascensive, ascent, assurgent, highflying, rising, scandent, up, uphill, upward Type of: accede, arise, change, come up, date back, date from, enter, follow, go, go back, go up, incline, lift, locomote, motion, move, move up, movement, pitch, rise, slope, travel, travel along, uprise Antonym: descend, descending Encyclopedia: Ascend Ascending |