ascend
美音:
[ə´send
]英音:
[ə´send
]v.攀登,上升
难易程度:
ascend为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:ascended 过去分词:ascended 现在分词:ascending 第三人称单数:ascends 形容词:ascendable
词根
scan,scend,scal=to climb(登;爬)
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ascend
/ə'send; ə`sɛnd/
v [I, Tn] (fml 文) go or come up (sth) 上升; 升高
*The path started to ascend more steeply at this point. 这条路从这 向上就更陡了.
* We watched the mists ascending from the valley below. 我们看着薄雾从下面的山谷中升起.
* notes ascending and descending the scale 上升及下降音阶的音符
* (fig 比喻) ascend the throne, ie become king or queen 登基(帝王即位).
ascend
v[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;Origin: ascendere, from ad-
'to' + scandere
'to climb']
[I]formalto move up through the air
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descend The plane ascended rapidly. [T]writtento climb something or move to a higher position
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descend Without a word, he began to ascend the stairs. [I]writtento lead up to a higher position
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descend The road ascends steeply from the harbour. [I and T]formalto move to a more important or powerful job.
The number of women decreases as you ascend the professional hierarchy.ascend the throneto become king or queen
in ascending orderif a group of things are arranged in ascending order, each thing is higher, or greater in amount, than the one before it