ascendant 音标拼音: [əs'ɛndənt]
n . 运星,运道,支配力,优势
a . 上升的,占优势的
运星,运道,支配力,优势上升的,占优势的
ascendant adj 1 :
tending or directed upward ; "
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage "-
John Ruskin [
synonym :
{
ascendant }, {
ascendent }, {
ascensive }]
2 :
most powerful or important or influential ; "
the economically ascendant class "; "
D -
day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe " [
synonym : {
ascendant }, {
ascendent },
{
dominating }]
n 1 :
position or state of being dominant or in control ; "
that idea was in the ascendant " [
synonym : {
ascendant }, {
ascendent }]
2 :
someone from whom you are descended (
but usually more remote than a grandparent ) [
synonym : {
ancestor }, {
ascendant },
{
ascendent }, {
antecedent }, {
root }] [
ant : {
descendant },
{
descendent }]
Ascendant \
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Ascendent \
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a .
1 .
Rising toward the zenith ;
above the horizon .
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The constellation . . .
about that time ascendant .
--
Browne .
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2 .
Rising ;
ascending . --
Ruskin .
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3 .
Superior ;
surpassing ;
ruling .
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An ascendant spirit over him . --
South .
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The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth . --
J .
S .
Mill .
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Without some power of persuading or confuting ,
of defending himself against accusations , . . .
no man could possibly hold an ascendent position . --
Grote .
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Ascendant \
As *
cend "
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n . [
F .
ascendant ,
L .
ascendens ;
p .
pr .
of ascendere .]
1 .
Ascent ;
height ;
elevation . [
R .]
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Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .
--
Temple .
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2 . (
Astrol .)
The horoscope ,
or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one '
s birth ;
supposed to have a commanding influence on a person '
s life and fortune .
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Note :
Hence the phrases {
To be in the ascendant },
to have commanding power or influence ,
and {
Lord of the ascendant },
one who has possession of such power or influence ;
as ,
to rule ,
for a while ,
lord of the ascendant . --
Burke .
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3 .
Superiority ,
or commanding influence ;
ascendency ;
as ,
one man has the ascendant over another .
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Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor ,
but of a parent . --
Robertson .
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4 .
An ancestor ,
or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred ;
a relative in the ascending line ;
a progenitor ; --
opposed to {
descendant }. --
Ayliffe .
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Ascendant 152 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ascendant ":
a cut above ,
above ,
absolute ,
ahead ,
anabatic ,
antecedent ,
ascendancy ,
ascending ,
ascensional ,
ascensive ,
at the head ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
authorized ,
autocratic ,
better ,
boss ,
capping ,
chief ,
chosen ,
climbing ,
clothed with authority ,
commanding ,
competent ,
conquering ,
consequential ,
considerable ,
controlling ,
defeating ,
distinguished ,
dominance ,
dominant ,
domination ,
dominion ,
duly constituted ,
eclipsing ,
eminent ,
empowered ,
ex officio ,
exceeding ,
excellent ,
excelling ,
finer ,
flushed with success ,
forebear ,
forefather ,
forerunner ,
general ,
governing ,
great ,
greater ,
head ,
hegemonic ,
hegemonistic ,
higher ,
imperative ,
important ,
in ascendancy ,
in charge ,
in chief ,
in the ascendant ,
influential ,
leading ,
leaping ,
major ,
marked ,
master ,
masterdom ,
mighty ,
momentous ,
monocratic ,
mounting ,
of choice ,
official ,
on the throne ,
one up on ,
outstanding ,
over ,
overbearing ,
overcoming ,
paramount ,
potent ,
powerful ,
precursor ,
predecessor ,
predominant ,
predominate ,
preeminence ,
preeminent ,
prepollent ,
preponderance ,
preponderant ,
preponderate ,
prepotence ,
prepotent ,
prestigious ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
primogenitor ,
progenitor ,
prominent ,
puissant ,
rampant ,
ranking ,
rare ,
rearing ,
regnant ,
regulating ,
regulative ,
regulatory ,
reigning ,
rising ,
rivaling ,
ruling ,
saltatory ,
scandent ,
scansorial ,
senior ,
skyrocketing ,
sovereign ,
sovereignty ,
spiraling ,
springing ,
substantial ,
successful ,
super ,
superior ,
supreme ,
surpassing ,
swaying ,
topping ,
totalitarian ,
transcendent ,
transcendental ,
transcending ,
triumphal ,
triumphant ,
uparching ,
upcoming ,
upgoing ,
upgrade ,
uphill ,
uphillward ,
upper ,
uprising ,
upsloping ,
upward ,
upwith ,
vanquishing ,
victorious ,
weighty ,
winning
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