词汇精选：ascend的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
v.
攀登，登高，爬坡 [I,T]
例句：
A small party is planning to ascend Mount Everest.
一小伙人正计划攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
例句：
Then we ascend steeply through forests of rhododendron.
然后我们在杜鹃花丛中沿着陡坡向上爬。
上升 [I,T]
例句：
A number of staircases ascend from the cobbled streets onto the ramparts.
一段石阶从鹅卵石路上一直向上直通城墙。
例句：
They move freely from one department to another as they ascend the civil service ladder.
随着仕途晋升，他们可以在部门间随意调动。
追溯 [I]
例句：
Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
我们的研究上溯远古。
例句：
His ancestors ascend to the 15th century.
他的祖先可上溯到十五世纪。
继承 [T]
例句：
She ascended the throne upon the death of her father.
她在她父亲去世后继承王位。
例句：
Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ ascended the throne when her father died.
伊丽莎白二世在他父亲死后继承王位。
二、词义辨析：
ascend,climb,mount
这些动词均含有“攀登，上升”之意。ascend正式用词，指不用手攀，一直上升直到相当高的地方。climb普通用词，含义广泛，侧重运用手足费力地攀登或上升，也可指抽象事物。mount书面用词，词义与ascend相近，强调连续不断地向上移动、攀登或上涨。指骑马时用mount。
三、参考例句：
Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
我们的研究上溯远古。
His ancestors ascend to the 15th century.
他的祖先可上溯到十五世纪。
His roots ascend to the 15th century.
他的祖先可上溯到十五世纪。
A small party is planning to ascend Mount Everest.
一小伙人正计划攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
Then we ascend steeply through forests of rhododendron.
然后我们在杜鹃花丛中沿着陡坡向上爬。
A small party was planning to ascend Mt. Everest.
一小队人在计划攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
The path started to ascend more steeply at this point.
这条路从这里向上就更陡了。
It took him less than 30 minutes to ascend the 799-foot skyscraper.
他只用了不到30分钟的时间就爬上了799英尺的摩天大楼。
Miss Panama Justine Pasek, first runner-up, is to ascend to the title of Miss Universe 2002.
环球小姐亚军的巴拿马小姐帕塞克，将接下2002年环球小姐头衔。
It can ascend to the period of the First World War.
这可以追溯到第一次世界大战时期。
