ascent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++as·cent /əˈsent/ noun 1 [countable usually singular]DSOUP the act of climbing something or moving upwards 上升，攀登 OPP descent5the first ascent of Qomolangma首次攀登珠穆朗玛峰n the first ascent of Everest2 [countable usually singular]DSOUP a path or way up to the top of something, for example a mountain 向上的路，上坡路 OPP descent a rugged and steep ascent 崎岖陡峭的上坡路3 [uncountable]POWER the process of becoming more important, powerful, or successful than before 提高，前进 SYN rise OPP fallascent to the president’s ascent to power 总统的上台
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ascent• The final ascent of Kilimanjaro began at 5:00 a.m.• The men began their final ascent at six o'clock the next day.• He wrote a best-selling book about the first ascent of Everest.• Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling.• I leant against a rock and watched Will choose his line of ascent.• Yeltsin's ascent to the presidency of Russia• It's a steep ascent but the compensation is a swift gaining of the ridge.• The ascent had taken 4 hours!• Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent.as·cent nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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ascent
as‧cent /əˈsent/
noun
1. [countable usually singular] the act of climbing something or moving upwards
OPP descent:
the first ascent of Everest
2. [countable usually singular] a path or way up to the top of something, for example a mountain
OPP descent:
a rugged and steep ascent
3. [uncountable] the process of becoming more important, powerful, or successful than before
SYN rise
OPP fall
ascent to
the President’s ascent to power
as‧cent /əˈsent/
noun1. [countable usually singular] the act of climbing something or moving upwards
OPP descent:
2. [countable usually singular] a path or way up to the top of something, for example a mountain
OPP descent:
3. [uncountable] the process of becoming more important, powerful, or successful than before
SYN rise
OPP fall
ascent to
Describing a process 描述过程
◆ This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagramshows how paper is made.这个图说明了造纸的过程。 ◆ First /First of all , logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。 ◆ Next /Second , the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。 ◆ Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables /allows the natural oilsto be removed.制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。 ◆ Once /After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleachedin order to remove impurities. /…is bleachedso that impuritiescan be removed.木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。 ◆ The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with waterand then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。 ◆ As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away.This causes the solid materialto sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。 ◆ At this point the new paper is still wet,so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water andsimultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paperat the same time .这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。 ◆ The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally , the paper is wound onto large rolls.最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。