ascendancy
英[ə'send(ə)nsɪ]
美[ə'sɛndənsi]
- n. 优势；支配地位（等于ascendency，ascendence）
英英释意
- 1. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;
- "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"