新gre詞匯ascendancy

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ascendancy: 優(yōu)勢; governing or controlling influence
    1) controlling influence; domination
    ascendancy <> having no influence
    Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on a triumphal note with the final ascendancy of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers.
    【注解】triumphal: [adj]勝利的ascendancy:[n]優(yōu)勢subsequent:[n]后來者 retrospective:[adj]回顧的, 向后看的extrapolation:[n]推斷rebuttal:[n]反駁 反證