ascendant

英 [əˈsendənt]

美 [əˈsendənt]

adj.  向上的；优越的；占支配地位的
n.  优势；运星；支配地位

复数：ascendants　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.24220 / COCA.23793

习惯用语

n.

in the ascendant
• （权力、影响等）越来越大；日益受欢迎
  being or becoming more powerful or popular

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎
  If someone or something isin the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
  1. Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant...
     激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
  2. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
     为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

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