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

• However, the point missing in the whole debate is perhaps the fact that in the revolving cycle of the rise and fall of the great powers China is on the ascendancy.
  然而，整个辩论中可能缺少了一个点，那就是在大国沉浮的循环中，中国处于上升状态。
• The opposition party was in the ascendancy.
  反对党已渐占优势。
• 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。
• He has the ascendancy over all his main rivals.
  他有压倒一切主要对手的优势。
• This spirited action established the ascendancy of the British fleet in the Mediterranean and Italian prestige suffered a blow from which it never recovered.
  这一场令人兴奋的战斗确定了英国舰队在地中海的优势，而意大利的威望却受到了一次打击，从此一蹶不振。
• 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。
• 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。
• With New Criticism we find the ascendancy of a more text-focused hermeneutic where the author's intention, even if it could be discerned, is irrelevant to the work at hand.
  在新批评那里占优势的是一种更以文本为中心的解释理论，作者的意图就算能够辨别，也与所涉及的文本无关。
• Sophisticated public relations activities ascendancy& full-range service focus on customer experience.
  精致的公关活动优势；&注重客户感受的全程服务。
• Those six killer apps were the key to Western ascendancy.
  这六个杀手级软件程序是西方取得优势的关键。