as·cend /əˈsɛnd/
(vi.)上升,追溯,登高(vt.)攀登
as·cend /əˈsɛnd/ 不及物動詞
上升,追溯,攀登
ascend
上升
As·cend v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascending.]
1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
Higher yet that star ascends. --Bowring.
I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx. 17.
Note: Formerly used with up.
The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
Syn: -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.
As·cend, v. t. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.
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ascend
v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder";
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn:
go up] [ant: descend]
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"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise] [ant: set]