ascension
/əˈsenʃn/ (bre, ipa) · [əsˈɛnʃən] /əˈsenʃn/ (ame, ipa) · [əsˈɛnʃən] /ə-ˈsen(t)-shən/ (ame, mw)
ascension — 名詞
- ascensionsingular
- ascensionsplural
1. a person's move into a more powerful, important, or successful role within an or
晉升；登位
在組織或社會中升上更高職位
a person's move into a more powerful, important, or successful role within an organization, government, or society
Sumin's ascension to chief editor surprised many of her older colleagues at the magazine.
Sumin 晉升為總編輯一事，讓雜誌社許多資深同事都很驚訝。
ascension to + [job title]
The ascension of the young queen brought hope to the small island kingdom.
年輕女王的登位，為這個小島王國帶來了希望。
ascension of + [person] for taking power
Many people expected Otis's quick ascension through the company ranks after his big sales win.
在 Otis 拿下大筆銷售訂單後，許多人都預期他會在公司裡快速晉升。
Renata's ascension from junior lawyer to partner took only eight years of late nights.
Renata 從初階律師晉升到合夥人，只花了八年熬夜加班的歲月。
文法句型
ascension to + [position]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or a political entity, and the preposition that follows is almost always 'to' (a position) or 'of' (a person rising). Distinguish from sense 2: sense 1 is about status, never about physical height.
常見錯誤
2. movement upward — either a person climbing something tall, or an object travelli
上升；爬升
物體或人朝高處移動的動作
movement upward — either a person climbing something tall, or an object travelling up through the air
Diya watched the slow ascension of the red balloon over the rice fields.
Diya 看著紅色氣球緩緩上升，飄過稻田。
ascension of + [rising object]
The team began their ascension of the icy north face just before sunrise.
團隊在日出前開始爬升那道結冰的北面岩壁。
ascension of + [mountain or wall] for climbing
Engineers measured the rocket's ascension into the upper layers of the sky.
工程師測量火箭上升進入高空大氣層的過程。
Cyrus filmed the slow ascension of hot-air balloons drifting above the desert.
Cyrus 拍下熱氣球緩緩上升，飄在沙漠上空的畫面。
文法句型
the ascension of + [object]
用法筆記
Subject is concrete and physical — a balloon, rocket, climber, or aircraft — never a person's career. The word feels literary or technical; everyday speakers say 'climb' or 'rise' instead.
常見錯誤
3. in Christian belief, Jesus Christ's rise to heaven forty days after coming back
升天
耶穌復活後升到天上的宗教事件
in Christian belief, Jesus Christ's rise to heaven forty days after coming back to life from the dead
Yael's grandmother told her the story of the Ascension every spring before Easter.
Yael 的奶奶每年復活節前的春天，都會講耶穌升天的故事給她聽。
the Ascension as a religious event
The painting in the chapel showed the Ascension above a circle of waiting disciples.
禮拜堂裡的那幅畫描繪耶穌升天，下方是一群等候的門徒。
the Ascension in religious art
Tunde's village holds a quiet church service each year to mark the Ascension.
Tunde 的村莊每年都會舉行安靜的禮拜，紀念耶穌升天。
Many Christian families celebrate the Ascension forty days after Easter Sunday.
許多基督徒家庭會在復活節後第四十天慶祝耶穌升天日。
- Ascension Day
the specific yearly holiday marking the event
- rising
the rising; very informal alternative used in some churches
文法句型
the Ascension
用法筆記
In this sense the word is almost always capitalized as 'the Ascension' and refers specifically to Jesus, not to other religions' stories of going to heaven. Distinguish from sense 2: sense 2 is any physical climb, while sense 3 is a specific religious event.