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单词 ascent
释义 as·cent
\əˈsent also aˈ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from ascend, after English descend: descent
1.
 a. : the act of ascending or rising : a moving or mounting upward
  < the ascent of vapors from the earth >
 b. : a going, traveling, or climbing up (as to the top of a hill or the source of a river)
  < their ascent of the mountain >
  < his ascent of the river in a canoe >
 c. : the way or means of ascending : an upward slope or rising grade : acclivity
  < the ascent by which he goes up on to the roof of the house to get in at the window of his workshop — R.F.Kilvert >
 d. : the degree of elevation or upward slope : inclination, gradient
  < the road has an ascent of six degrees >
2. : a rising or ascending from a lower level or degree : advancement especially in social status, intellectual achievement, or reputation : progress
 < the ascent from the working class to the middle class — Liam O'Flaherty >
 < the long ages of struggle and ascent — B.N.Cardozo >
3. : a going back in time or upward in order of genealogical succession
 < any person in line of ascent from the claimant to the common ancestor — Morris Ploscowe >
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