ascendant
[ə'sɛndənt]
n. 配位, 优势, 运星

a. 升, 优势

[] 尊属, 优势

1. Though he is still a young man his political career is already in the ascendant.
   , 政坛已青云.
2. After the election, our political party was once again in the ascendant.
   竞选，政党又次越越。
3. Our star is in the ascendant, my friend.
   =>星座正升，。

ascendant
[ noun ]

1. position or state of being dominant or in control

<noun.state>
that idea was in the ascendant

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

1. tending or directed upward

<adj.all>
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage

2. most powerful or important or influential

<adj.all>
the economically ascendant class
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

Ascendant \As*cend"ant\, Ascendent \As*cend"ent\, a.
1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

The constellation . . . about that time ascendant.
--Browne.

2. Rising; ascending. --Ruskin.

3. Superior; surpassing; ruling.

An ascendant spirit over him. --South.

The ascendant community obtained a surplus of
wealth. --J. S. Mill.

Without some power of persuading or confuting, of
defending himself against accusations, . . . no man
could possibly hold an ascendent position. --Grote.


Ascendant \As*cend"ant\, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr.
of ascendere.]
1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.]

Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.
--Temple.

2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic
which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's
birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a
person's life and fortune.

Note: Hence the phrases

{To be in the ascendant}, to have commanding power or
influence, and

{Lord of the ascendant}, one who has possession of such power
or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the
ascendant. --Burke.

3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one
man has the ascendant over another.

Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young
monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a
parent. --Robertson.

4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a
progenitor; -- opposed to {descendant}. --Ayliffe.