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

• Indexers are in the ascendant.
  指数基金正方兴未艾。
• The movement is now in the ascendant.
  这场运动方兴未艾。
• 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。
• At first Athens was in the ascendant, then Sparta.
  起初雅典占了优势，后来斯巴达居上。
• 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。
• Hong Kong stands to lose the most from an ascendant Shanghai.
  面对上海的崛起，损失最大的要算香港。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。