英语词汇“ascend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	ascend
释义	as·cend \əˈsend also aˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English ascenden, from Latin ascendere, adscendere, from ad- + -scendere (from scandere to climb) — more at scan *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to move upward : go up sometimes by stages with gradual motion : become raised < ascended to Mistover by a circuitous and easy incline — Thomas Hardy > < ascend to the roof of her dwelling house — Lafcadio Hearn > b. : to appear above the horizon and approach the zenith < higher yet that star ascends — John Bowring > c. : to attain height through growth or construction : rise up : tower < the city ascended … taking the firmness of its foundation for granted — Frederic Beck > < the redwood trees ascend over the others > d. : to slope upward : lie along a rising slope < the paths ascend through pine woods to the mountain lake > 2. a. : to go up or upward from a lower level or degree : rise < when man ceases to wander he will cease to ascend in the scale of being — A.N.Whitehead > < doomed always to ascend to power under the worst possible objective conditions — Arthur Koestler > b. : to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession < female kin in the ascending generations are excluded — Mary Tew > c. of a sound : to rise in pitch *transitive verb* 1. : to go or move up, upon, along, to the top of, or over : climb, mount < began to ascend the vale towards Mistover — Thomas Hardy > < ascended the river farther than any white man had been before — L.H.Bolander > 2. : to come to hold or occupy : succeed to < ascended the throne on the death of his father > Synonyms: mount, climb, scale: ascend, a general term, lacks vivid connotation; it suggests merely upward movement, often with gradual or steady motion < to ascend a mountain > < an ascending elevator > mount, in its transitive uses particularly, implies getting up on something raised, something above the ground < to mount a horse > < the speaker mounting the platform > < the condemned king mounting the scaffold > Intransitively, mount is a close synonym for ascend < as he proceeded south, his crossness seemed to mount with the temperature — Osbert Sitwell > climb may suggest sustained effort to reach a height or to go over something; it is especially likely to be used in situations involving clambering or scrambling < climbing out of the gulch > < climbing up the rigging > < climbing into the window > scale is likely to add to climb notions of dexterity and adroitness, as of an alpinist, athlete, or especially trained ladderman < scaling the highest peaks > < the baron's men scaling the ramparts > < a fireman scaling the wall > Synonym: see in addition rise.
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