英语词汇“ascendant”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	ascendant
释义	as·cend·ant I. noun also as·cend·ent \-dənt\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English ascendent, from Medieval Latin ascendent-, ascendens, from Latin, present part of ascendere to ascend 1. : the point of the ecliptic or degree of the zodiac that rises above the eastern horizon at any moment (as that of one's birth) 2. : the quality, state, or position of being supreme, dominant, or in power : the point of highest development or influence : preeminence, superiority < men who want the president to fight for this program now appear to be in the ascendant — E.K.Lindley > < conservatism was in the ascendant — C.L.Jones > 3. : a lineal or collateral relative in the ascending line : one that precedes in genealogical succession : ancestor < nearly the whole of a man's heredity must be supplied by his immediate ascendants — Havelock Ellis > II. adjective also ascendent \“\ Etymology: Middle English ascendent, from Latin ascendent-, ascendens 1. a. : moving or tending upward : rising < rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage — John Ruskin > b. : directed upward < an ascendant stem > < an ascendant leaf > < an ascendant inflorescence > 2. a. : in a supreme, dominant, or powerful position : superior, preeminent, controlling < the proletariat, the ascendant class — Granville Hicks > b. : inclined to dominate : dominant < the chief difference between the ascendant and nonascendant child was in the amount of self-confidence — K.C.Garrison >
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