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ascendant

/uh-sen-duhnt/US // əˈsɛn dənt //UK // (əˈsɛndənt) //

长辈,长女,长子,长者

Related Words

predominant占主导地位的,占主导地位,占优势的,占优势superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的dominant占据主导地位,占据主导地位的,占据优势的,占据主导地位的是ascendent升华,升腾,升天,升腾的antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身forefather祖先,先人,先祖,先辈parent父母,父母亲,家长,亲predecessor前辈,前任,前身,前人progenitor祖先,原生代,祖师爷,祖宗father父亲,爸爸,爹爹,父mother母亲,妈妈,母,娘forbear忍受,隐忍,忍受者,忍受着foremother祖母,前母,前妻,额娘commanding指挥性的,指挥性,指挥,指挥的controlling控制,控制性,控制的,控制权prevailing盛行的,盛行于世的,盛行,盛行于世supreme至高无上,至尊,至上,至高无上的predominating主要的,主要的是,主要是,主要surpassing超群的,超越,超越的,卓越的foregoer放弃者,放弃的人,弃权者,弃权人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
    • : an ancestor; forebear.
    • : Astrology. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : ascending; rising.
    • : superior; predominant.
    • : Botany. directed or curved upward.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.ruling
Synonyms
predominant占主导地位的,占主导地位,占优势的,占优势ascendent升华,升腾,升天,升腾的dominant占据主导地位,占据主导地位的,占据优势的,占据主导地位的是superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的commanding指挥性的,指挥性,指挥,指挥的controlling控制,控制性,控制的,控制权predominating主要的,主要的是,主要是,主要prevailing盛行的,盛行于世的,盛行,盛行于世supreme至高无上,至尊,至上,至高无上的surpassing超群的,超越,超越的,卓越的
nounancestor
Synonyms
antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身ascendent升华,升腾,升天,升腾的father父亲,爸爸,爹爹,父forbear忍受,隐忍,忍受者,忍受着forefather祖先,先人,先祖,先辈foremother祖母,前母,前妻,额娘mother母亲,妈妈,母,娘parent父母,父母亲,家长,亲predecessor前辈,前任,前身,前人progenitor祖先,原生代,祖师爷,祖宗foregoer放弃者,放弃的人,弃权者,弃权人

Examples

  • The Republican Party will wither if the ascendant Lout Caucus is the face it presents to this nation of decent, congenial people.

  • Then, in the 1980s, an ascendant conservative movement began a blistering rhetorical assault on what Ronald Reagan called the “dreaded l-word.”

  • If this YOLO GameStop saga has taught us anything, it’s that we’re glimpsing an ascendant force in the markets with the power to exert incredible pain on the old guard.

  • As far as campaign songs go, Bobi Wine’s hits all the right notes—an infectious, joyous message of hope reborn and national unity ascendant, interwoven with campaign pledges set to a rollicking, gospel infused reggae beat.

  • It was the first decision of the Council’s new 8-1 Democratic super majority, revealing divisions within an an ascendant liberal coalition that nonetheless has near uniform control over city government.

  • The ascendant media that looked down on him has been pretty much destroyed.

  • “Tex-Mex for decades was ascendant,” Arellano told the The Weekly Alibi in 2012.

  • Stressed as it may be, the Coalition of the Ascendant is not disappearing.

  • Just last year, it seemed as if Hamas—with the Brotherhood dominating Egyptian electoral politics—might be ascendant.

  • Gay marriage is ascendant, driven by a rapidly shifting public opinion.

  • Ultimately, finding the Emperor's cause in the ascendant, he cast aside hesitation and threw in his lot with him.

  • The High Church party were then in the ascendant, and Abbot, from various causes, declined from favour.

  • It was Jem Deady in the custody of his wife, who was now in the ascendant.

  • In 1784, the Foxite administration fell, and Pitt was in the ascendant.

  • He has written a large number of short sketches and more extended novels, and his talent is still in the ascendant.

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