1. position or state of being dominant or in control;

   "that idea was in the ascendant"
   

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

1. tending or directed upward;

   "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
   

2. most powerful or important or influential;

   "the economically ascendant class"
   "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
   

1.权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎
If someone or something isin the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.

e.g. Radical reformers are once more in theascendant...
激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
e.g. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in theascendant?
为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

1. 上升星座：上升星座(ascendant)主宰人的大部分外在面貌,也就是容易给人的感觉,好比月亮主宰情绪,太阳为潜在本性等.

2. 上升的：ascaridosis 蛔虫病 |ascendant 上升的 | ascendent 上升的

3. 优势：ascendancy 优势 |ascendant 优势 | ascendence 权势

4. ascendant的解释

4. 占优势的：ambivalent 不定的 |ascendant 占优势的 | descendants 后代