ascendant

ascendant
(亦作 ascendent)
adjective
  1. rising in power or influence
    力量(或影响)增长的
    ascendant moderate factions in the party.
    党内温和派势力的增长。
  2. (Astrology)(of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon
    (占星)星位的,运星的
noun
  1. (Astrology)the point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth
    (占星)(多指人诞生时的)星位
    ■the point on a birth chart representing this
    (诞生时的)运星
常用词组
in the ascendant
  1. rising in power or influence
    力量(或影响)正在增长的
    the reformers are in the ascendant.
    改革者的影响正在增长。
语源
  1. late Middle English : via Old French from Latin ascendent- 'climbing up', from the verb ascendere (see ascend)
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