| 单词 | ascend |
| 释义 | ascend —ascendable, ascendible, adj. /euh send"/, v.i. 1. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds. 2. to slant upward. 3. to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level: to ascend to the presidency. 4. to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time. 5. Music. to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one. v.t. 6. to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount: to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs. 7. to gain or succeed to; acquire: to ascend the throne. [1350-1400; ME ascenden < AF ascendre < L ascendere to climb up, equiv. to a- A-5 + -scendere, comb. form of scandere to climb. See SCAN] Syn. 1. soar. 6. See climb. Ant. 1, 6. descend. |
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