ascent /a'sent; a'sent/ n [C] act of ascending; way up; upward movement: 上升; 上行; 上坡路; 向上之運(yùn)動(dòng)： The ~ of the mountain was not difficult. 上這山不難。 I have never made an ~ (=have never been up) in a balloon. 我從來沒有乘過氣球升空。 The last part of the ~ is steep. 最后一段上坡路甚陡。