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

• The "bulls", those who make money on a rising market, are in the ascendancy.
  趁市场行情上涨而赚钱的多头占了上风。
• He has the ascendancy over all his main rivals.
  他有压倒一切主要对手的优势。
• This is another one of these major "isms" that emerged in the early19th century in response to the ascendancy of the French Revolution and expansion of French national power.
  这是另一个对这些主要的“主义”，在19世纪初出现了响应的法国大革命和法国国家权力的扩张优势之一。
• Whatever moral ascendancy the West held.
  不论西方原有所谓的道德优势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
  极端分子正逐渐占据上风。
• The wife gradually gained ascendancy over her weak will husband.
  那位太太逐步控制了她那意志薄弱的丈夫。
• The Delegation pointed out that the music industry was also in a similar state of ascendancy.
  代表团指出，音乐产业也处于相似的上升状态。