ascendant
ascendant 英 [əˈsendənt] 美 [əˈsɛndənt]
n. 优势；运星；支配地位 adj. 上升的；优越的
名词复数:ascendants
- Something that's ascendant is increasing its power or status. An ascendant political party is one that captures more and more seats in Congress with every election.
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- n. 优势；运星；支配地位
- adj. 上升的；优越的
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1. Contradiction emerges only when a situation is viewed over time, because at any one moment, one factor or the other is in the ascendant.
只有随着时间的推移，一种情况的出现，矛盾才会浮现，因为在任何时刻，一方因素或另一个都会占支配地位。
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2. A NEW Congress and a new president take office next year, and the ascendant Democrats have big plans to rescue the economy.
明年，新的国会，新的总统将上任，占优势的民主党有一系列的大计划来拯救经济市场。
- ascendant (adj.) late 14c., ascendent, in astrology, "rising over the horizon," from Latin ascendentem (nominative ascendans), present participle of ascendere "to mount, ascend, go up" (see ascend). Sense "moving upward, rising" is recorded from 1590s.
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