ascendantas•cen•dant /ə'sendənt/ 亦作 ascendent

n C 优势；支配地位

• have an ascendant over sb. 对某人占优势

词组in the ascendant

1. 占优势；占支配地位

• Although he is still a young man, his political career is already in the ascendant. 他虽然年纪轻，可是在政坛上已经平步青云了。

2. 交好运

• Her star is in the ascendant. 她吉星高照。