late 14c., from Latin ascendere "to climb up, mount, ascend," figuratively "to rise, reach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scandere "to climb" (see scan (v.)). Also in 15c. used with a sense "to mount (a female) for copulation." Related: Ascended; ascending. An Old English word for it was stigan.
例文
1. A number of staircases ascend from the cobbled streets onto the ramparts.
石段が玉石の道からまっすぐ上に向かって城壁に直通している。
2.Then we ascend steeply through forests of rhododendron.
そしてツツジの茂みの中を急斜面に沿って登っていきます。
3.The path started to ascend more steeply.
小径が急勾配で登り始めた。
4.We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.
飛行機が徐々に上昇するのを見ています。
5.They move freely from one department to another as they ascend the civil service ladder.