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ascent /ə'sent/- danh từ
- sự trèo lên, sự đi lên, sự lên
- to make an ascent in a balloon: lên không bằng khí cầu
- sự đi ngược lên (dòng sông...)
- con đường đi lên, đường dốc; bậc cầu thang đi lên
Concise Dictionary
ascents-nt
noun
+an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
+a movement upward
+the act of changing location in an upward direction
Advanced English Dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] the act of climbing or moving up; an upward journey: the first ascent of Mount Everest + The cart began its gradual ascent up the hill.
Antonym: DESCENT
2 [C, usually sing.] an upward path or slope: At the other side of the valley was a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
Antonym: DESCENT
3 [U] (formal) the process of moving forward to a better position or of making progress: man's ascent to civilization
Collocation Dictionary
noun
1 act of climbing/moving up
ADJ.
gradual, slow
VERB + ASCENT
make
The climbers made their ascent of the mountain without oxygen.
PREP.
~ from
the ascent from the valley
| ~ to
their ascent to the summit
2 upward path/slope
ADJ.
steep | long
VERB + ASCENT
climb
climbing the steep ascent on to the plateau
| to
a steep ascent to the village
3 becoming more important or powerful
ADJ.
rapid | gradual | ~ to
her rapid ascent to power
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