ascend

[ə'send]

v. 上升, 攀登

vi.

1. 登高; 上升

The smoke ascends slowly to the sky.

烟袅袅升向天空。

2. 追溯(到某个时间)[(+to)]

His ancestors ascend to the 15th century.

他的祖先可上溯到十五世纪。

vt.

攀登; 登上

Victoria ascended the throne in 1839.

维多利亚于一八三九年登上王位。

He ascended the flight of narrow stairs to his bedroom.

他登上狭窄的楼梯到他的卧室去。

词形变化

形容词: ascendable | 动词过去式: ascended | 动词过去分词: ascended | 动词现在分词: ascending | 动词第三人称单数: ascends |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.登高; 上升

rise  arise  climb  mount  soar  

同义参见:

tower  scale  rocket  mount  kite  

反义:

vi.登高; 上升; 追溯

descend  

反义参见:

fall  

英英释义

动词 ascend:

travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

同义词：go up

go back in order of genealogical succession

become king or queen

go along towards (a river's) source

slope upwards

come up, of celestial bodies

同义词：rise, come up, uprise

补充

ascendascend英:[əˈsend] 美:[əˈsɛnd]vt. & vi.1.上升, 攀登The climbers slowly ascended the mountain.爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。

例句

1. They held hands as they ascended the steps.他们上台阶时牵着手。 2. Then we ascend steeply through forests of rhododendron.然后我们在杜鹃花丛中沿着陡坡向上攀爬。 3. The drill rapidly ascends and descends.钻头快速上下钻动。 4. an ascending spiral path leading to a tower通往一座高塔的盘旋而上的小路 5. Mobutu ascended through the ranks, eventually becoming commander of the army.蒙博托不断升迁, 最后成了陆军司令。 6. the year he ascended to power他上台掌权的那一年 7. The story ascends from a gothic tragedy to a miraculous fairy tale.这个故事从哥特式悲剧升华为神奇童话。 8. the belief that the souls of the faithful and virtuous would ascend to heaven相信虔诚有德者的灵魂会升入天堂的信仰 9. before Sixtus V ascended the papal throne在西斯克特五世登上教皇宝座之前 10. The rocket ascended into the cloud.火箭高高飞入云端。 11. to ascend to the period of the First World War追溯到第一次世界大战期间 12. to ascend stairs爬上楼梯 13. to ascend a lookout tower登上瞭望塔 14. to ascend the throne即王位，成为国王 (或女王)，(君主)登基 15. to ascend a river溯河而上 16. to ascend the history of the family追溯这家族的历史 17. she ascended the stairs.她上了楼。 18. we had ascended 3,000 ft.我们已经攀上3,000英尺的高度。 19. the first traveller to ascend the mountain.登上顶峰的第一位游客。 20. the lift ascended from his sight.电梯在他的目光中上升。 21. the road ascends to the loch.道路斜向上升直至湖畔。 22. he took exams to ascend through the ranks.他参加考试以便获得提升。 23. some executives ascend to top-level positions.有一些管理人员升到了最高层。 24. the Prophet ascended to heaven.先知穆罕默德进了天堂。 25. [as adj. ascended]the risen and ascended Christ.进入天堂的基督。 26. Carolyn's voice had ascended into high-pitched giggles.卡罗琳尖起嗓子，咯咯地笑着。 27. The questions are arranged in ascending order of difficulty (= the most difficult ones are at the end).问题按难易排列，最难的排在末尾。 28. They watched their balloons slowly ascend into the sky.他们看着气球慢慢升上天空。 29. 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。 30. "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。 31. Most people are able to ascend [=climb] the mountain in less than four hours.大多数人用不了四个小时就能爬上那座山。 32. She said good night and ascended [=climbed] the stairs to her room.她道了晚安就上楼梯回房间去了。 33. Several paths ascend to the top of the mountain.好几条小路通往那个山顶。 34. stairs ascending to the attic通往阁楼的楼梯 35. John Adams ascended to the presidency in 1797.约翰·亚当斯1797年当选总统。 36. She worked as a clerk before ascending to her current position.她升任现职以前是一名办事员。 37. 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。 38. He ascended the throne after the death of his father.他在父亲去世后登基。 39. "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。 40. The children were lined up in ascending order of height.孩子们按身高从低到高排队。 41. Test scores are listed in ascending order from lowest to highest.考试成绩由低到高排列。