ascent
上升,上升空间,上升阶段,上山
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- : an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.
- : movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.
- : the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
- : the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
- : a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
- : the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.
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A turbocharged, 900-cubic-centimeter, three-cylinder engine generates more than enough torque to tackle steep ascents or leave rooster tails of dirt flying in your wake.
I was already feeling depleted by the time I veered into the woods for a trundling ascent of Vault Hill.
Stripe began its ascent to the top of the charts in 2016 and 2017 when it sat behind Dropbox with a $6 billion valuation in 2016 and around $8 billion in 2017.
If you look at our game-by-game Elo ratings, the current version of the Nationals may have started its ascent comparatively earlier than last year’s did, in terms of how many games it took for the turnaround to begin.
On Sunday, we explored the ways that the American Fringes are bubbling up to become the mainstream of tomorrow — defining the extreme ideologies at war, their sordid histories and how technology has aided their ascent.
When the young woman is ready to emerge from her weeks in hiding, she attends a ceremony marking her ascent into true womanhood.
You have to take a long-term look at the ascent of something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.
In October 2006, she pioneered the first ascent of Nagpai Gusun, a 7,000-meter peak in the Khumbu region.
Watching Paar do his last Tonight show was almost like witnessing an ascent into clouds.
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House.