| 单词 | ascendancy |
| 释义 | ascendancy (once / 2944 pages) n When you assume ascendancy over someone else, you become more powerful than they are. Ascendancy is the state of being in a higher position. If you look at ascendancy, you see the word, ascend, which means to go up. Ascendancy is not so much about going up, but about being up. Another word for it is dominance, especially in the context of foreign or domestic relations. In school, if you question a teacher's ascendancy, you might be told to go to the principal's office. In this case, you're challenging the teacher's authority. WORD FAMILYascendancy: ascendancies+/ascend: ascendable, ascendant, ascended, ascendent, ascender, ascending, ascends, ascension, ascensive/ascendant: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendants/ascendency: ascendencies/ascendent: ascendence, ascendency, ascendently, ascendents/ascender: ascenders/ascending: ascendingly, ascendings/ascension: ascensional, ascensions/ascensive: ascensively USAGE EXAMPLESThe right is emboldened but it is not in the ascendancy. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) People of conscience watched Trump’s ascendancy in disbelief. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) We are witnessing its ascendancy in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) n the state that exists when one person or group has power over another Syn|Hypo|Hyper ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance ascendant, ascendent position or state of being dominant or in control domination, mastery, supremacypower to dominate or defeat predominance, predomination, prepotencythe state of being predominant over others dominion, ruledominance or power through legal authority regulationthe state of being controlled or governed absolutism, despotism, tyrannydominance through threat of punishment and violence monopolyexclusive control or possession of something superiority, transcendence, transcendencythe state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits paramountcythe state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority rajBritish dominion over India (1757-1947) reign, sovereigntyroyal authority; the dominion of a monarch suzeraintythe position or authority of a suzerain condition, status a state at a particular time |
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