Ascent
[ə'sent] or [ə'sɛnt]
解释:
(noun.) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); 'the car couldn't make it up the rise'.
编辑:维尔玛--From WordNet
解释:
(-) The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
(-) The way or means by which one ascends.
(-) An eminence, hill, or high place.
(-) The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
编辑:罗德里克
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Rising, rise, ascension.[2]. Acclivity, rising ground.[3]. Elevation, height, eminence.
手打:撒迪厄斯
例句:
- I had no more presaged such feats than I had looked forward to an ascent in a balloon, or a voyage to Cape Horn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- About half the party were anxious to try the ascent again, and concluded to do so. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- We left the mules, sharpened our finger-nails, and began the ascent I have been writing about so long, at twenty minutes to six in the morning. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the latter case a difference of three inches in the column of mercury was shown at the summit and base of the ascent. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Some believe that Count Zeppelin, an officer of the German army has solved the great problem, especially since the ascent of his ship made on July 2, 1900, at Lake Constance. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Mr. Rosedale was still at a stage in his social ascent when it was of importance to produce such impressions. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- She sat quiet, her lips parted by the stress of the ascent, her eyes wandering peacefully over the broken ranges of the landscape. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Prosperity is denominated ascent, and adversity descent. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- There was no accumulation of fallen debris, forming a more or less rough ascent to them, as is the case with nearly all other cliffs I have ever seen. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- It is the natural hill, with its mossy breaks and hollows, whose slope invites ascent, whose summit it is pleasure to gain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- What was our surprise, not long after we had gone into bivouac, to see the lost mule, cargo and owner coming up the ascent. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- According to the British Admiralty regulations, should a diver go down to a depth of 204 feet, the time of his ascent must be not less than one hour and a half. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A long, gradual ascent is better than a shorter, steeper one. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- It was nearly noon when I arrived at the top of the ascent. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The scene before the reddleman's eyes was a gradual series of ascents from the level of the road backward into the heart of the heath. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
编辑:拉维恩