ascend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++as·cend /əˈsend/ verb 1 [intransitive]UP formal to move up through the air 上升，升高 OPP descend The plane ascended rapidly. 飞机迅速爬升。2 [transitive]CLIMB written to climb something or move to a higher position 攀登，登上 OPP descend Without a word, he began to ascend the stairs. 他没说一句话就上楼梯了。 RegisterAscend is used mostly in literary or technical contexts. In everyday English, people usually say climb or go up: ascend主要用于文学作品和科技文章。在日常英语中，人们一般说climb或go upWe started to climb the mountain. 我们开始爬山。She slowly went up the stairs. 她慢慢地走上楼梯。3 [intransitive]UP written to lead up to a higher position 通往高处，向上，上升 OPP descend The road ascends steeply from the harbour. 这条路从港湾那里陡直而上。4 [intransitive, transitive] formal to move to a more important or powerful job （使）〔职位〕上升，晋升 The number of women decreases as you ascend the professional hierarchy. 专业级别越高，女性人数越少。5. ascend the throne PGto become king or queen 登（王）位，登基6. in ascending order BIGif a group of things are arranged in ascending order, each thing is higher, or greater in amount, than the one before it 按升序排列→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

ascend• Ms. Goodman ascended a 10-foot aluminum ladder to the roof.• Paul was first to ascend, and the boards shook under him as he gave Junior a hand up.• We also identified the product of the team of teams as we ascended from the micro to the macro level.• He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street.• A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.• She looked up as Eva ascended into the rafters.• It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps, but it was worth the effort.• He was turning to ascend the ladder to the engine room when the ship's fire alarm sounded.• Bianca walked regally across the hall and ascended the marble staircase.• Several ski lifts ascended the mountain.• Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.• From this pseudo-grandeur, a curving stairway ascends to eight capacious galleries.• Continue ascending two more forms and then play the whole thing descending.Origin ascend (1300-1400) Latin ascendere, from ad- “to” + scandere “to climb”

as·cend verb →REGISTER1ChineseSyllable

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ascend
as‧cend /əˈsend/

verb

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: ascendere, from ad- 'to' + scandere 'to climb'

1. [intransitive] formal to move up through the air
OPP descend:

The plane ascended rapidly.
2. [transitive] written to climb something or move to a higher position
OPP descend:

Without a word, he began to ascend the stairs.
  REGISTER
    Ascend is used mostly in literary or technical contexts. In everyday English, people usually say climb or go up:
   ▪ We started to climb the mountain.
   ▪ She slowly went up the stairs.
3. [intransitive] written to lead up to a higher position
   OPP descend:

The road ascends steeply from the harbour.
4. [intransitive and transitive] formal to move to a more important or powerful job:

The number of women decreases as you ascend the professional hierarchy.
5. ascend the throne to become king or queen
6. in ascending order if a group of things are arranged in ascending order, each thing is higher, or greater in amount, than the one before it

THESAURUS

   ▪ climb to move up, down, or across something using your hands and feet: Most kids love climbing trees. | Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view. | She climbed down the ladder.
   ▪ ascend formal to climb up something: He began to ascend the narrow winding staircase. | the first man to ascend Mount Everest
   ▪ go up to climb up something such as a slope or stairs: He went up the steps to the platform. | Sonia was quiet as they went up the hill.
   ▪ scale formal to climb to the top of something such as a high wall or fence: Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm. | Protestors scaled the walls of the building and hung banners. | Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.
   ▪ clamber to climb somewhere with difficulty, using your hands to help you: At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety. | Everyone clambered onto the back of the truck.
   ▪ scramble to climb somewhere quickly and with difficulty, using your hands to help you, especially when you are walking: They scrambled up the steep rocky bank.

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present simple - I / you / we / they

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