ascendant

英 [əˈsendənt]

美 [əˈsendənt]

adj.  向上的；优越的；占支配地位的
n.  优势；运星；支配地位

复数：ascendants　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.24220 / COCA.23793

习惯用语

n.

in the ascendant
• （权力、影响等）越来越大；日益受欢迎
  being or becoming more powerful or popular

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎
  If someone or something isin the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
  1. Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant...
     激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
  2. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
     为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

双语例句

• Moreover the current fed chairman's comparatively benign view of the economic outlook seems to be in the ascendant.
  此外，这位现任美联储主席对经济前景相对乐观的看法，似乎开始占上风。
• At first Athens was in the ascendant, then Sparta.
  起初雅典占了优势，后来斯巴达居上。
• While his career was in the ascendant, bissell's private life was causing him increasingly sever problems.
  正当他的事业如日中天时，比斯尔的私生活却给他带来许多问题。
• The movement is now in the ascendant.
  这场运动方兴未艾。
• Of course, I knew that Sagittarius was your ascendant.
  当然，我早就知道你是人马座。
• You could also have the Galactic Center as Sun, Ascendant, Midheaven, or other sensitive point in your charts.
  你应该也有银河系中心点，比如太阳，运星和子午圈，或者在你的图表上的其他敏感点。
• After the election, our political party was once again in the ascendant.
  竞选之后，我们的政党又一次变得越来越强大了。
• This Ascendant is warm, generous and fun to be around.
  这种上升型星座给身边的人温暖、慷慨和有趣的感觉。
• The situation cannot now be reversed as you hold the ascendant position, and progress is speeding ahead.
  现在的情势不可逆转，因为你们抓住了这个优势的位置，进程在加速向前。
• But how will Washington shape regional rules when China has emerged as the ascendant power?
  然而，在中国崛起成为一支新兴强国之际，美国将如何影响区域规则？