ascendant

/əˈsendənt/
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If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things. 优势

noun [抽象名词] 优势;星位

Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant. 激进派的改革家们再一次占了山风。

adjective [原级] 上升的;优越的;增长的;星位的

But how will Washington shape regional rules when China has emerged as the ascendant power? 然而,在中国崛起成为一支新兴强国之际,美国将如何影响区域规则?

a + scend (爬) + ant → 爬到有利的地方去 → 优越
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Northeastern and West Coast cities are ascendant, eclipsing former Sunbelt favorites such as Atlanta. 美国东北部和西海岸的城市占有优势,超过了以前深受青睐的亚特兰大这类阳光地带的城市。
It was of a United States ascendant that Berlin wrote, a confident nation assuming responsibility for the world. 柏林写道,作为一个愿意承担世界责任的自信民族,美国赢得了支配地位。