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ascend

英 [ə'send] 美 [ə'sɛnd]

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解释

vi. 上升；登高；追溯
vt. 攀登，上升

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中文词源

ascend 上升

前缀a-同ad-, 在sc, sp, st开头词根前缩小为a-. 词根scend, 爬，爬升，比较descend，下降.

英文词源

ascend: ascend: see descend
ascend (v.): late 14c., from Latin ascendere "to climb up, mount, ascend," figuratively "to rise, reach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scandere "to climb" (see scan (v.)). Also in 15c. used with a sense "to mount (a female) for copulation." Related: Ascended; ascending. An Old English word for it was stigan.

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例句和用法

1. A number of staircases ascend from the cobbled streets onto the ramparts.: 一段石阶从鹅卵石路上一直向上直通城墙。

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爬。

3. The path started to ascend more steeply.: 小径开始陡峭而上。

4. We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.: 我们看着飞机逐渐升高.

5. They move freely from one department to another as they ascend the civil service ladder.: 随着仕途晋升，他们可以在部门间随意调动。