英 [əˈsendənt] 美 [əˈsendənt]
n. 优势；星位
adj. 上升的；优越的；增长的；星位的
ascendant /əˈsɛndənt/ TEM8
习语 If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things. 优势
Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant.
激进派的改革家们再一次占了山风。
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
同义词： ancestor / ascendent / antecedent / root
most powerful or important or influential
the economically ascendant class
同义词： ascendent / dominating
(茎)上行的；上升的(＝ ascending)
上升的
星位；(诞生时的)运星；命宫
上升的
... ascend 上升，攀登 ascendant 上升的，优越的，优势的 descent下落，家世，倾斜，侵袭 ...
ascendant(优势的), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
Ascendant （上升点）：是东边地平线与黄道面的交点
第八，过去的事不要全让人知道第九和第十一宫的，从方兴未艾(Ascendant)建立的地方，你的财务状况。比方即使有供给有益(Useful)的行星，爱父母，因为他们给了你生命，同时也是爱你爱的最无私的人。
ascent 上升；上坡路；登高
ascendancy 优势；支配地位（等于ascendency，ascendence）
ascension 上升；耶稣升天
ascendance 优势；权势；支配地位（等于ascendence或者ascendancy）
ascendency 优势；权势；优越
ascendent 优势；支配力；运道（等于ascendant）
ascender 上升的人或物；字母的上半（或下半）出头部分
ascending 上升；获得（ascend的ing形式）；追溯
ascend 上升；登高；追溯
ascend 攀登，上升
优势；运星；支配地位
superiority / advantage / edge / dominance / predominance
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？
Northeastern and West Coast cities are ascendant, eclipsing former Sunbelt favorites such as Atlanta.
美国东北部和西海岸的城市占有优势，超过了以前深受青睐的亚特兰大这类阳光地带的城市。
It was of a United States ascendant that Berlin wrote, a confident nation assuming responsibility for the world.
柏林写道，作为一个愿意承担世界责任的自信民族，美国赢得了支配地位。
Whichever of Ituri's two tribes is briefly in the ascendant has taken revenge on the other.
The Manchester teams, with rosters stocked with some of the world's highest-paid players, appeared ascendant.
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The two wings are ascendant at different times, and Mr Bashir oscillates between them.
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