as·cent /əˈsɛnt, æ-/
 上升,上坡,坡度,攀登;上溯,追溯


 ascent
 上昇


 As·cent
 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
    To him with swift ascent he up returned.   --Milton.
 2. The way or means by which one ascends.
 3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
 4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

 ◄ ►


 ascent
      n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
           make it up the rise" [syn: acclivity, rise, raise,
            climb, upgrade] [ant: descent]
      2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
         balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascension] [ant: fall]
      3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise,
          ascension, ascending]