ascend

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as·cend /əˈsend/ verb

1 [intransitiveI]UP formal to move up through the air 上升，升高 OPP descend

The plane ascended rapidly.

飞机迅速爬升。

2 [transitiveT]CLIMB written to climb something or move to a higher position 攀登，登上 OPP descend

Without a word, he began to ascend the stairs.

他没说一句话就上楼梯了。

Ascend is used mostly in literary or technical contexts. In everyday English, people usually say climb or go up: ascend主要用于文学作品和科技文章。在日常英语中，人们一般说climb或go up

We started to climb the mountain.

我们开始爬山。

She slowly went up the stairs.

她慢慢地走上楼梯。

3 [intransitiveI]UP written to lead up to a higher position 通往高处，向上，上升 OPP descend

The road ascends steeply from the harbour.

这条路从港湾那里陡直而上。

4 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formal to move to a more important or powerful job （使）〔职位〕上升，晋升

The number of women decreases as you ascend the professional hierarchy.

专业级别越高，女性人数越少。

5. ascend the throne PGto become king or queen 登（王）位，登基

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ascend the throne• He acquired it partly by accident, for war was near when he ascended the throne.• Start there, with Caliban ascending the throne.• Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.• The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603, when James I ascended the throne, but was revived in 1817.• For a number of years after he ascended the throne he remained highly deferential to gentry concerns.

6. in ascending order BIGif a group of things are arranged in ascending order, each thing is higher, or greater in amount, than the one before it 按升序排列

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in ascending order• Their ages, in ascending order as above, were four, seven, ten and fourteen.• You may move cards off in ascending order from Ace to King to their respective piles off the playing area.• We ranked rural postcode sectors in ascending order of proportions of oil workers among economically active men.

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ascend• Ms. Goodman ascended a 10-foot aluminum ladder to the roof.• Paul was first to ascend, and the boards shook under him as he gave Junior a hand up.• We also identified the product of the team of teams as we ascended from the micro to the macro level.• He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street.• A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.• She looked up as Eva ascended into the rafters.• It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps, but it was worth the effort.• He was turning to ascend the ladder to the engine room when the ship's fire alarm sounded.• Bianca walked regally across the hall and ascended the marble staircase.• Several ski lifts ascended the mountain.• Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.• From this pseudo-grandeur, a curving stairway ascends to eight capacious galleries.• Continue ascending two more forms and then play the whole thing descending.

Origin ascend

(1300-1400) Latin ascendere, from ad- “to” + scandere “to climb”

as·cend verb →REGISTER1

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