ascend

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To move upward, to fly, to soar. intransitive
    — He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  2. To slope in an upward direction. intransitive
  3. To go up. transitive
    — You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  4. To succeed a ruler on (the throne). ambitransitive
    — She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  5. To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc. figuratively,intransitive
  6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
    — Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
  7. To become higher in pitch. transitive
  8. To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.
    — Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement.

词形变化

ascends present,singular,third-person ascending participle,present ascended participle,past ascended past

词汇关系

反义词
descend
衍生词
ascendible ascendable reascend unascended
相关词
ascendance ascendancy ascendency ascendant ascender ascending ascension ascent transcend climb

词源

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.
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