ascendancy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++as·cen·dan·cy, ascendency /əˈsendənsi/ noun [uncountable] formal POWERa position of power, influence, or control 优势；支配（地位） → ascendant moral ascendancy 道德力量ascendancy of the ascendancy of nationalist forces 民族主义势力的优势ascendancy over Butler established ascendancy over his critics. 巴特勒压倒了他的批评者。 He slowly gained ascendancy in the group. 他渐渐控制了这个群体。in the ascendancy a teaching method that is currently in the ascendancy 目前占主导地位的教学法
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ascendancy• The U.S. gained ascendancy after World War II.• My view is that he combined two qualities that were, at the time of his ascendancy, regarded as mutually exclusive.• Certainly there was abundant evidence as to how the centre-left had lost its entrenched intellectual and ideological ascendancy.• The retreat of Marxism has been paralleled by the ascendancy of the New Right.• Lilov denied that this demonstrated the ascendancy of party conservatives.• The former now seem to be in the ascendancy.• Wolves were very much in the ascendancy after that.• Another political reality is the ascendancy of the Republican Party.gained ascendancy• Thus the dinosaurs themselves probably gained ascendancy in precisely this fashion.as·cen·dan·cy nounChineseSyllable
control influence, position or Corpus of power, a
ascendancy
as‧cen‧dan‧cy
, ascendency /əˈsendənsi/ noun [uncountable] formal
a position of power, influence, or control ⇨ ascendant:
moral ascendancy
ascendancy of
the ascendancy of nationalist forces
ascendancy over
Butler established ascendancy over his critics.
He slowly gained ascendancy in the group.
in the ascendancy
a teaching method that is currently in the ascendancy
as‧cen‧dan‧cy
, ascendency /əˈsendənsi/ noun [uncountable] formala position of power, influence, or control ⇨ ascendant:
ascendancy of
ascendancy over
in the ascendancy