PHRASE 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎 If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things. 权势日隆;影响变大;日益受欢迎 [formal]
Radical reformers are once more in the ascendant.
激进派改革者再度占据了统治地位。
Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?