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

• Two radically different forms of government are competing for ascendancy.
  两种根本上不同的政体正在为取得支配地位而相互竞争。
• 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。
• Aristotle's science had acquired ascendancy.
  亚里斯多德的科学早已盛行一时。
• He gained the ascendancy over me in the last election.
  他在上次竞选中胜过我。
• They are in danger of losing their political ascendancy.
  他们正面临失去政治优势的危险。
• The opposition party was in the ascendancy.
  反对党已渐占优势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At present the wet methods seem to be in the ascendancy.
  目前看来湿法似占优势。