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

• 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。
• At first Athens was in the ascendant, then Sparta.
  起初雅典占了优势，后来斯巴达居上。
• State capitalism is hardly a new phenomenon, but it is very much in the ascendant at the moment.
  国家资本主义算不上什么新鲜玩意，但眼下呈现出强劲的上升势头。
• They take a lot more notice of him now that his star is in the ascendant.
  由于他处于优越地位，他们就更加注意他了。
• 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 technology of Data Warehouse is in the ascendant in recent years.
  数据仓库是近几年来兴起的一门方兴未艾的技术。
• 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。
• I have no brother and sister, growing up lonely and ascendant in this common family.
  我没有兄弟姐妹，在这样一个普通的家庭里，优越且孤寂的成长。
• The movement is now in the ascendant.
  这场运动方兴未艾。
• With the popularity of Internet and the development of IT, E commerce is now in the ascendant.
  随着互联网的普及以及信息技术的不断发展，电子商务的热潮方兴未艾。