(亦作ascendent)
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- the point on a birth chart representing this（诞生时的）运星。
短语
in the ascendant
- 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。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ascendent- 'climbing up'， from the verb ascendere （see ASCEND）.