Ascend

(verb.) travel up, 'We ascended the mountain'; 'go up a ladder'; 'The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope'.

(verb.) move to a better position in life or to a better job; 'She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great .

(verb.) slope upwards; 'The path ascended to the top of the hill'.

(verb.) go along towards (a river's) source; 'The boat ascended the Delaware'.

(verb.) become king or queen; 'She ascended to the throne after the King's death'.

(verb.) go back in order of genealogical succession; 'Inheritance may not ascend linearly'.

(verb.) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; 'the vine climbed up the side of the house'.

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• Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It appeared to ascend them, not very promptly or spontaneously, yet with a display of stride and clatter meant to be insulting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable elevation, with facility and safety. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A small page admitted us, and we began at once to ascend the broad, well-carpeted stair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• We had arranged the evening before to ascend the Cathedral of Notre Dame, with Victor Hugo's noble romance for our guide. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I heard her voice downstairs, but I knew that she could not ascend. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Cautiously we ascended. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• A man's feet ascended the stairs. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Eustacia turned, entered the house, and ascended to the front bedroom, where a shaded light was burning. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• During the few minutes that elapsed while I was taking him in, the air revived him, and he ascended the steps of the machine with my assistance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• A happy party it appeared to her, all interested in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment ascended even to her. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The singing again commenced, and rang through the high-roofed rooms, while we silently ascended the stair-case. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The door clashed, the voices and the feet came on, and the prison-keeper slowly ascended the stairs, followed by a guard of soldiers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He ascends to the top of a precipice by walking up the sloping hill behind, and he thus becomes practically acquainted with the principle of the _inclined plane_. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He ascends the door-steps and is gliding into the dusky hall when he encounters, on the top step, a bowing and propitiatory little man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She ascends to the upper apartment and warms the bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The wings are strongly flapped, striking forward and downward, and the bird quickly ascends. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We see the same fact in ascending mountains, and sometimes it is quite remarkable how abruptly, as Alph. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• He then commenced ascending the mountain directly in his front. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The bony remains discovered at Piltdown in Sussex display a creature still ascending only very gradually from the sub-human. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I looked at the blank wall: it seemed a sky thick with ascending stars,--every one lit me to a purpose or delight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• More than that it did not do, for she refrained even from ascending the bank and looking over. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Ascending to the roof of the building I watched her for hours, until finally she was lost in the dim vistas of the distance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I leaving my work on the road, the sun going to bed, the carriage of the Marquis slowly ascending the hill, he hanging by the chain--like this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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