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ascend

英[ə'send] 美[ə'sɛnd]
  • vi. 上升;登高;追溯
  • vt. 攀登,上升

英英释意


1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain";
"go up a ladder"
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
2. go back in order of genealogical succession;
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
3. become king or queen;
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
4. go along towards (a river's) source;
"The boat ascended the Delaware"
5. slope upwards;
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"
6. come up, of celestial bodies;
"The sun also rises"
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"