【ascent】 - SAT备考词汇

ascent

UK:  [ə'sent]

US:  [ə'sent]

复数：ascents  

n.

1.上升;升高

2.(地位等的)上升,晋升

3.上升,向上爬

4.登高,攀登

5.上坡;斜坡;坡度;阶梯

6.上山

7.追溯,上溯

8.丘陵

9.梯子

10.爬高

1 . According to the DAN report, the diver ran out of air, and, having no backup breathing equipment, he made a rapid ascent to the surface.
根据DAN的报告，潜水者耗尽氧气，没有备用呼吸设备，他会很快上升至水面。

2 . The dolphins and whales hold the original cause for how this came to be so, or so earth's records have revealed in her recent ascent.
海豚和鲸鱼持有如何成为这种情形的原始致因，在地球的早期提升中，她的记录也已揭露了这一点。

3 . As such, nature shall be prepared to clean up its own environment for the ascent ahead, with or without human aid.
这样，不管有没有人类帮助，大自然都将为前方的提升准备好净化自身环境。

4 . The carry trade appears to have been squeezed out of the system by about late November, when the yen and the Vix halted their joint ascent.
似乎到大约去年11月下旬的时候，套利交易就已被排挤在金融体系之外——当时，VIX指数和日元不再联袂攀升。

5 . When you think about it in those terms, it makes Android's ascent towards dominance in Asia seem like a hollow victory for Google.
从这些方面看，的确Android渐渐在亚洲占据了主要地位，但对谷歌来说只是个空洞的胜利。