Ascend



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 上升; 攀登
• ［英］ v. 上升 ( to go up; rise) 攀登 ( mount; climb)
• ［类］ 反义词: go down ( 下降)
• ［记］ a+scend ( 爬) -> 爬上 -> 攀登
• ［同］ 同根词: descend ( 下降) ; transcendent ( 超越的)
• ［例］ ascend in the ranks of his company. ascend the mountains

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad- + scandere to climb — more at scan
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to move upward the balloon ascended
    • b. to slope upward
  • 2.
    • a. to rise from a lower level or degree ascend to power
    • b. to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession
• transitive verb
  • 1. to go or move up ascend a staircase
  • 2. to succeed to ; occupy ascend the throne
• • ascendable or ascendible adjective

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