ascendancy

英 [əˈsendənsi]

美 [əˈsendənsi]

n.  支配地位; 优势; 影响

GRE

BNC.14964 / COCA.17325

牛津词典

noun

• 支配地位；优势；影响
  the position of having power or influence over sb/sth
  1. moral/political/intellectual ascendancy
     道德影响；政治支配地位；智力优势
  2. The opposition party was in the ascendancy (= gaining control) .
     反对党已渐占优势。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 优势;权势;支配地位
  If one group hasascendancyover another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
  1. Although geographically linked, the two provinces have long fought for political ascendancy...
     尽管在地理上彼此依存，两省却长期为获取政治支配权你争我夺。
  2. The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
     极端分子正逐渐占据上风。

英英释义

noun

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
  1. her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
  Synonym:dominanceascendanceascendenceascendencycontrol

双语例句

• That implies there could be a lag of about 70 years between economic dominance and currency ascendancy.
  这意味着，本币成为主要储备货币与本国占据世界经济主导地位之间，可能存在着大约70年的滞后。
• Aristotle's science had acquired ascendancy.
  亚里斯多德的科学早已盛行一时。
• Integration of resources and media ascendancy& Build a bridge between business and the media.
  整合资源传播优势；&架起建立企业与媒体的桥梁。
• Gao Min, China's "Diving Queen", won consecutive Olympic gold medals and gold at three world championships at a time when China's sporting prowess and ascendancy was far from assured.
  高敏，中国的“跳水皇后”，韩元连续奥运金牌和黄金三个世界锦标赛在的时候，中国的体育实力和崛起远未得到保证。
• Whatever moral ascendancy the West held.
  不论西方原有所谓的道德优势。
• They established their ascendancy.
  他们确立了他们的支配地位。
• Herder and many other of his generation wanted to challenge the French ascendancy and to defend a distinctive German culture.
  赫德和他的许多其它发电要挑战法国优势和捍卫一个独特的德国文化。
• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony.
  处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。
• English is, doubtless, the predominant language in today's world and its ascendancy has aroused heated debate in the academia and the general public alike.
  英语无疑是接天世界上影响最广的语言而它的绝对优势地位在学术界和普通公众中都引起了激烈的讨论。
• The opposition party was in the ascendancy.
  反对党已渐占优势。