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

• He gained the ascendancy over me in the last election.
  他在上次竞选中胜过我。
• Whatever moral ascendancy the West held.
  不论西方原有所谓的道德优势。
• At present the wet methods seem to be in the ascendancy.
  目前看来湿法似占优势。
• 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。
• Aristotle's science had acquired ascendancy.
  亚里斯多德的科学早已盛行一时。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are in danger of losing their political ascendancy.
  他们正面临失去政治优势的危险。
• He has the ascendancy over all his main rivals.
  他有压倒一切主要对手的优势。
• 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。