ascend
英 [ə'send]
美[ə'sɛnd]
- vi. 上升；登高；追溯
- vt. 攀登，上升
英英释意
- 1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain";
- "go up a ladder"
- "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
- 2. go back in order of genealogical succession;
- "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
- 3. become king or queen;
- "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
- 4. go along towards (a river's) source;
- "The boat ascended the Delaware"
- 5. slope upwards;
- "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
- 6. come up, of celestial bodies;
- "The sun also rises"
- "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
- "Jupiter ascends"
