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ascendant 音标拼音: [əs'ɛndənt] n. 运星,运道,支配力,优势
a. 上升的,占优势的 运星,运道,支配力,优势上升的,占优势的 ascendant adj 1: tending or directed upward; " rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [ synonym: { ascendant}, { ascendent}, { ascensive}] 2: most powerful or important or influential; " the economically ascendant class"; " D- day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [ synonym: { ascendant}, { ascendent}, { dominating}] n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; " that idea was in the ascendant" [ synonym: { ascendant}, { ascendent}] 2: someone from whom you are descended ( but usually more remote than a grandparent) [ synonym: { ancestor}, { ascendant}, { ascendent}, { antecedent}, { root}] [ ant: { descendant}, { descendent}] Ascendant \ As* cend" ant\, Ascendent \ As* cend" ent\, a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [ 1913 Webster] The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. -- Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Rising; ascending. -- Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Superior; surpassing; ruling. [ 1913 Webster] An ascendant spirit over him. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. -- J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster] Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. -- Grote. [ 1913 Webster]
Ascendant \ As* cend" ant\, n. [ F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. -- Temple. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one' s birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person' s life and fortune. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Hence the phrases { To be in the ascendant}, to have commanding power or influence, and { Lord of the ascendant}, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [ 1913 Webster] Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. -- Robertson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to { descendant}. -- Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster] Ascendant152 Moby Thesaurus words for " ascendant": a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, anabatic, antecedent, ascendancy, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, better, boss, capping, chief, chosen, climbing, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, conquering, consequential, considerable, controlling, defeating, distinguished, dominance, dominant, domination, dominion, duly constituted, eclipsing, eminent, empowered, ex officio, exceeding, excellent, excelling, finer, flushed with success, forebear, forefather, forerunner, general, governing, great, greater, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, higher, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, leaping, major, marked, master, masterdom, mighty, momentous, monocratic, mounting, of choice, official, on the throne, one up on, outstanding, over, overbearing, overcoming, paramount, potent, powerful, precursor, predecessor, predominant, predominate, preeminence, preeminent, prepollent, preponderance, preponderant, preponderate, prepotence, prepotent, prestigious, prevailing, prevalent, primogenitor, progenitor, prominent, puissant, rampant, ranking, rare, rearing, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, rising, rivaling, ruling, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, senior, skyrocketing, sovereign, sovereignty, spiraling, springing, substantial, successful, super, superior, supreme, surpassing, swaying, topping, totalitarian, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, triumphal, triumphant, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, upper, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, vanquishing, victorious, weighty, winning
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