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向上的,上,上升的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ascend \As*cend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ascended}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Ascending}.] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb,
   mount. See {Scan}.]
   1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to
      {descend}.

            Higher yet that star ascends.         --Bowring.

            I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx.
                                                  17.

   Note: Formerly used with up.

               The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.

   2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an
      inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects,
      from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient
      times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our
      inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to
      our first progenitor.

   Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.

Ascending \As*cend"ing\, a.
   Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. --
   {As*cend"ing*ly}, adv.

   {Ascending latitude} (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a
      planet. --Ferguson.

   {Ascending line} (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced
      backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
      mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line
      direct ascending.

   {Ascending node} having, that node of the moon or a planet
      wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is
      also called the {northern node}. --Herschel.

   {Ascending series}. (Math.)
   (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a
       quantity.
   (b) A series in which each term is greater than the
       preceding.

   {Ascending signs}, signs east of the meridian.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ascending
     adj : moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane";
           "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of
           chickweed" [syn: {ascending(a)}] [ant: {descending(a)}]

ascending
     n : the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: {rise},
          {ascent}, {ascension}]