ascends; ascended; ascending
ascends; ascended; ascending
Learner's definition of ASCEND
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formal : to go up : to rise or move toward the sky上升;上浮;登高 [no object]
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They watched their balloons slowly ascend into the sky.他们看着气球慢慢升上天空。
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Divers must not ascend too rapidly/quickly to the water's surface.潜水员一定不要过快升浮到水面。
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She believed that when she died, her soul would ascend to heaven.她相信死后她的灵魂会升入天堂。
[+ object]
— opposite descend 2
[no object] : to slope or lead upward通向高处;升高 — opposite descend 3
[no object] : to rise to a higher or more powerful position in a government, company, etc.升职;晋升 -
John Adams ascended to the presidency in 1797.约翰·亚当斯1797年当选总统。
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She worked as a clerk before ascending to her current position.她升任现职以前是一名办事员。
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A new national government ascended [=rose] to power. [=it gained control of the country]新的国家政府已经掌握政权。
ascend (to) the throne
: to become a king or queen(国王或女王)登基 -
He ascended the throne after the death of his father.他在父亲去世后登基。
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In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth kills the king and ascends to the throne.在莎士比亚的戏剧里,麦克白杀死了国王并登上王位。
in ascending order
◊ If people or things are in ascending order, they are arranged in a series that begins with the least or smallest and ends with the greatest or largest.由少到多排列;按升序排列