ascendant

名词 ascendant:

1. position or state of being dominant or in control
   同义词：ascendent
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   同义词：ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root

形容词 ascendant:

1. tending or directed upward- John Ruskin
   同义词：ascendent, ascensive
2. most powerful or important or influential
   同义词：ascendent, dominating

1. After the election, our political party was once again in the ascendant.
   竞选之后，我们的政党又一次变得越来越强大了。
2. Though he is still a young man his political career is already in the ascendant.
   他虽然年纪轻轻，可是他在政坛上已青云直上了。

ascendant 也作 as.cen.dent

adj.（形容词）
Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
向上的：向上倾斜或移动；升高或升起
Dominant in position or influence; superior.
优越的：在地位或影响方面处支配地位的；有优势的
n.（名词）
The position or state of being dominant or in control:
占优势的：处于支配或统治的地位或状态：
例句：
a conservative policy currently in the ascendant.
目前保守政策处优势地位

The point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that rises in the east at the time of a person`s birth or other event.
运星，命宫：某人出生或其它事件发生时升起于东方的黄道点或黄道十二宫
An ancestor.
祖宗